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Half of Ledgeview’s homes were built after 2003

More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #335 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it

Most of Ledgeview was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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About Ledgeview’s history

How historic is Ledgeview?

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More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Ledgeview’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Ledgeview is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #335 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Ledgeview’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19405.7% of homes (±2.6) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 20%
NewerOlder
Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 7%

Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Ledgeview’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.6 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Ledgeview’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ledgeview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ledgeview, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Ledgeview’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ledgeview’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pine Grove
1862–1907
Kolb
1887–1900
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KolbPine Grove
Gone or out of use
Elm View SchoolschoolPleasant View Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Ledgeview
Greenwood

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Ledgeview came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ledgeview.

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The town of Ledgeview was known as the "town of De Pere" from 1839 until 1994, when they changed their name to end confusion with the neighboring city of De Pere. Before 1839, the area that is now the town of Ledgeview was part of a slightly larger township called "Wilcox", named for Wisconsin pioneer Randall Wilcox.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ledgeview, 1862 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Pine Grove post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Kolb post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Kolb post office closes
  6. 1907Post officeThe Pine Grove post office closes
  7. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ledgeview, decade by decade

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On the map

Ledgeview on the map, 1954 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ledgeview. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ledgeview on the 1954 USGS mapLedgeview on the 1971 USGS mapLedgeview on the 1982 USGS mapLedgeview on the 1992 USGS map1954Denmark sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ledgeview.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ledgeview

Nobody well known was born in Ledgeview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Zack SnyderAmerican filmmaker · b. 1966
Tony ShalhoubAmerican actor · b. 1953
Kevin MacLeodAmerican composer and music producer · b. 1972
Jay DeMeritAmerican soccer player · b. 1979
Mona SimpsonAmerican novelist · b. 1957
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David Lee McInnisAmerican actor · b. 1973
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

De Pere19 historic placesA−BellevueIts storyD−GlenmoreIts storyB−RocklandIts storyC

Questions about Ledgeview’s history

How does Ledgeview rank for history?

Ledgeview is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #335 of 362 in Wisconsin. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Ledgeview?

6% of Ledgeview’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 2003.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (18), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.