Rothschild’s post office opened in 1911, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #313 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Most of Rothschild was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Its Register listing is the Rothschild Pavilion. Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1920.
Founding year: the first Rothschild post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Rothschild’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Rothschild is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #313 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Rothschild’s overall grade.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Rothschild’s 1.8 sits near the middle of its state (59% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Rothschild’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rothschild. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1899Wausau sheet · 1:125,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rothschild.
The story so far
Rothschild, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rothschild yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Rothschild is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,567 at the 2020 census. Rothschild is the northern terminus of Interstate 39, which starts in Normal, Illinois.
Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,269 to 5,567 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Rothschild in 1913
Passages that mention Rothschild, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Marathon County, Wisconsin1913 · page 535Read the page →
Read the text
The village of Rothschild and a part of the town of Flieth form a joint school district, with the schoolhouse in the village. The children from the town of Flieth cross the Wisconsin river on the dam which forms a bridge, being of concrete and a perfectly safe crossing. The school there is a state graded school having four departments. The schoolhouse is a solid brick building, costing $10,000. The principal is Miss Goldie Linder; assistant, Miss Catherine McCallin. Only two departments were used, but a third department is being instituted, and three teachers will be engaged in 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.
Timeline
Rothschild, 1899 to 1911
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Rothschild post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Rothschild rank for history?
Rothschild is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #313 of 362 in Wisconsin. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Rothschild?
One place: the Rothschild Pavilion (listed 2002).
How old are the homes in Rothschild?
7% of Rothschild’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.4 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1975.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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