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History · New Haven

27% of New Haven’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about New Haven’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 New Haven are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

New Haven, in brief

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

New Haven is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 673. The unincorporated community of Connorsville is located within the town. The unincorporated community of Graytown is located partially in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 677 in 2010, 673 in 2020.

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

Timeline

New Haven, 1874 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Connersville post office opens
  3. 1888Born hereWilliam E. Owen is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Connersville post office closes
  6. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

New Haven on the map, 1948 to 1975

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

New Haven on the 1948 USGS mapNew Haven on the 1950 USGS mapNew Haven on the 1975 USGS map1948Downing 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 New Haven.

People over time

New Haven, census by census

01002003004005006007002000Peak: 677

Between 656 and 677 people in every census since 1990.

3 censuses, 1990–2010.

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

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Connersville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ConnorsvilleGraytown
Gone or out of use
Bolen SchoolschoolForest Grove SchoolschoolHilson SchoolschoolPleasant Valley SchoolschoolSchindler Schoolschool
1cemetery inside New Haven
New Haven

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Vance CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheridanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForestIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTiffanyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.