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13% of Luxemburg’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns · #268 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1952 on, and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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About Luxemburg’s history

How historic is Luxemburg?

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More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Luxemburg’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Luxemburg is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #268 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 Luxemburg’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194012.8% of homes (±4.8) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%B−National 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 34%
NewerOlder
Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 26%

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 Luxemburg’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 is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points).

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 Luxemburg’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Luxemburg’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewRon's Wisconsin Cheese 02341a: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Luxemburg, in brief

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

Luxemburg is a village in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,685 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is surrounded by the Town of Luxemburg.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,515 to 2,685 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Luxemburg, 1880 to 1992

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Luxemborg post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939Born hereLary J. Swoboda is born here
  5. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1977Born hereBenji LaCrosse is born here
  7. 1992In the archiveRon's Wisconsin Cheese 02341a
By decade

Luxemburg, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1990s2 items
Ron's Wisconsin Cheese 02341a1992Ron's Wisconsin Cheese 02341aRons Cheese1992Rons Cheese
Today4 recent
LuxemburgWisconsinSign2007LuxemburgWisconsinSignLuxemburgWisconsinDowntown22007LuxemburgWisconsinDowntown2LuxemburgWisconsinDowntown12007LuxemburgWisconsinDowntown1KewauneeCountyFairgroundsWisconsin2007KewauneeCountyFairgroundsWisconsin
On the map

Luxemburg on the map, 1952 to 1978

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

Luxemburg on the 1952 USGS mapLuxemburg on the 1978 USGS map1952Casco 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 Luxemburg.

People over time

Luxemburg, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0001920194019601980200020202,685

Grew from 402 people in 1910 to 2,685 in 2020, 6 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Luxemburg’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Luxemburg

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Benji LaCrosseAmerican racing driver · b. 1977
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Lary J. SwobodaMember of the Wisconsin State Assembly; schoolt… · b. 1939

Questions about Luxemburg’s history

How does Luxemburg rank for history?

Luxemburg is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #268 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 Luxemburg?

13% of Luxemburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1991.

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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.