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History · Rockland

40% of Rockland’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Rockland’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Rockland’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 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Rockland’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewLittle Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Bui…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Rockland, in brief

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

Rockland is a town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 995 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Collins is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Wells is also partially located within the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,001 in 2010, 995 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Rockland, 1851 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe Collins post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Quarry post office opens
  5. 1945Post officeThe Quarry post office closes
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Rockland, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approximately 100 feet southwest of garageDate?Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approxi…Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, At 23-mile marker on Lower Fox RiverDate?Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, At 23-mile marker on Lowe…Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, On northern embankment, near upper gateDate?Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter, On northern…Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lockkeeper's Residence, Approximately 200 feet northeast of upper gateDate?Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lockkeeper's Residence, A…
Today2 recent
RocklandWisconsinTownHall2009RocklandWisconsinTownHallWIMap-doton-Rockland c2004WIMap-doton-Rockland c
On the map

Rockland on the map, 1954 to 1992

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

Rockland on the 1954 USGS mapRockland on the 1978 USGS mapRockland on the 1992 USGS map1954Reedsville 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 Rockland.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approximately 100 feet southwest of garage
Retake this viewLittle Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Storage Building, Approximately 100 feet southwest of garage

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Rockland’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Rockland

Nobody well known was born in Rockland itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Thorstein VeblenAmerican economist and sociologist · b. 1857
Bunny BeriganAmerican musician · b. 1908
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Eda Nemoede CastertonAmerican artist · b. 1877
Thomas P. M. BarnettAmerican military geostrategist · b. 1962
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Logan Vander VeldenAmerican basketball player · b. 1971
Luke GoedekeAmerican football player · b. 1998
Places that used to be

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

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

Collins
1851–today
Quarry
1900–1945
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Collins
Gone or out of use
Fairview SchoolschoolImmanuel ChurchchurchLong Lake SchoolschoolMaple Rock SchoolschoolRedoft Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rockland
Rockland E U BSaint Mary'sSaint Peter Evangelical LutheranZion Evergreen

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.

ReedsvilleIts storyB−EatonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRantoulIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple GroveIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCatoIts storyB−

Questions about Rockland’s history

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (4), 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.