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History · Peck

31% of Peck’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on and old-book passages.

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31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Peck’s past

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The story so far

Peck, in brief

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Peck is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 324 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Ormsby is located in the town. The town was named in honor of George Wilbur Peck, who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1895.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 349 to 324 (-7%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Peck in 1922

Passages that mention Peck, cut from the printed page as they were published.

until twenty-one, went to Kirkland County, Illinois, to farm, worked in lumber industry near Merrill, Lincoln County, operated a hotel at Gravesville, Calumet County, and then moved to Peck township, Langlade County, where he settled on a farm. He returned to Stockbridge but came back to Peck, sett…
History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. government survey to present time, with biographical sketches1922 · page 299Read the page →
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until twenty-one, went to Kirkland County, Illinois, to farm, worked in lumber industry near Merrill, Lincoln County, operated a hotel at Gravesville, Calumet County, and then moved to Peck township, Langlade County, where he settled on a farm. He returned to Stockbridge but came back to Peck, settling on Section 30. Here he stayed until 1892, when he came to Antigo. He now is a member of the Maltby

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has its headwaters (western branch) in the northwestern section of the county, draining the southeastern part of the Town of Summit, the southwestern part of Upham township and Peck township. The east branch of the Eau Claire river drains the south eastern part of Upham township, all of Neva townsh…
History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, from U. S. government survey to present time, with biographical sketches1922Read the page →
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has its headwaters (western branch) in the northwestern section of the county, draining the southeastern part of the Town of Summit, the southwestern part of Upham township and Peck township. The east branch of the Eau Claire river drains the south eastern part of Upham township, all of Neva township and a section of Peck township. It joins the western branch in the northwestern part of section 28 of East Ackley

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Peck, 1902 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Ormsby post office opens
  3. 1922Post officeThe Ormsby post office closes
  4. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Peck on the map, 1973 to 1990

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

Peck on the 1973 USGS mapPeck on the 1990 USGS map1973Antigo sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Peck.

Famous people

Famous people close to Peck

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John BradleyNavy corpsman in World War II, flagraiser at Iw… · b. 1923
D. Wayne LukasAmerican horse trainer · b. 1935
Ernest J. DawleyUnited States Army Major general · b. 1886
Joe PiskulaAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1984
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Justin BergAmerican baseball player · b. 1984
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ormsby
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Badger SchoolschoolBluebell SchoolschoolFriebel SchoolschoolRosedale Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Peck
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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.

Neva1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVilasIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAckleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUphamIts 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.