Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1969 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Matteson’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Matteson yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Matteson is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 914 at the 2020 census. The former unincorporated community of Hunting was located partially in the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 936 to 914 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Matteson, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The Town of Larrabee comprises Township 25 north, of Range 14 east. It is bounded on the north by Shawano County, on the east by the Town of Matteson, on the south by Bear Creek, and on the west by Dupont. The first settlement was made by Norman Clinton, on Section 23, in March, 1855.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
483,840 acres. It is thirty miles in length from north to south, and twenty-four in width from east to west, except in the north tier of towns, where, by the addition of the town of Matteson on the east, it is six miles wider. It is bounded on the north by. Shawano County, on the east by Shawano and Outagamie, on the south by Winnebago and Waushara, and on the
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Matteson. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Matteson.
Nobody well known was born in Matteson itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
