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History · Manchester

Half of Manchester’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Manchester was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Manchester’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 Manchester are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Manchester, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manchester’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 and burying grounds

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

Pine Hill
1854–1903
Shamrock
1881–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fall Hall GlenShamrock
1cemetery inside Manchester
Saint Columkille

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

The story so far

Manchester, in brief

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

Manchester is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 825 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Fall Hall Glen and Shamrock are located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 704 to 825 (+17%).

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

Timeline

Manchester, 1854 to 1949

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Pine Hill post office opens
  3. 1857Born hereThomas Brooks Mills is born here
  4. 1881Post officeThe Shamrock post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Pine Hill post office closes
  7. 1905Post officeThe Shamrock post office closes
  8. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Manchester, decade by decade

Today3 recent
ManchesterTownHallUS272010ManchesterTownHallUS27ManchesterJacksonCountyTownHall2010ManchesterJacksonCountyTownHallWIMap-doton-Manchester b2004WIMap-doton-Manchester b
On the map

Manchester on the map, 1949 to 1983

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

Manchester on the 1949 USGS mapManchester on the 1983 USGS map1949Melrose 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 Manchester.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

IrvingIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlbion1 historic placeABrockwayIts storyC−Millston1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew LymeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.