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History · Leopolis

Leopolis’ post office opened in 1872, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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How Leopolis began

When was Leopolis founded?

1872

The Leopolis post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 86154 years
Founding year: the first Leopolis post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Leopolis’ 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 Leopolis are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Leopolis’ homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leopolis’s history is told.

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The story so far

Leopolis, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Leopolis yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Leopolis is an unincorporated census-designated place in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on County Highway D, between the towns of Herman and Pella. As of the 2020 census, its population is 86.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 87 in 2010, 86 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Leopolis on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Leopolis on the 1964 USGS mapLeopolis on the 1982 USGS map1964Gresham 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 Leopolis.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

PellaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHermanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Leopolis’ history

What year was Leopolis founded?

The Leopolis post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.