The story
Read it all →How Schleswig came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Schleswig.
The town was organized on November 10, 1855, across the line from the town of New Holstein.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
C+History
History · Schleswig
Schleswig dates to 1855, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1954 on.
1855founded
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Schleswig began
When was Schleswig founded?
1855
Schleswig dates its founding to 1855 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1872.
2020 census: 1,912171 years
How historic is Schleswig?
C+
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 42% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1872.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Schleswig’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schleswig is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Schleswig’s overall grade.
Founding era1855, from Wikipedia: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194021.7% of homes (±5.6) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical WI town 3.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 42%
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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 Schleswig’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1855.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.6 points).
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Schleswig’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Schleswig’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schleswig’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Millhome
Louis Corners
Meggers
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Louis CornersMeggersMillhomeNenning Mobile Home ParkRockville
Gone or out of use
Woodland Park Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Schleswig
Pilgrims RestSchleswigUckerUnion
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Schleswig, 1855 to 1954
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1855FoundingSchleswig is established
- 1872Post officeThe Millhome post office opens
- 1878Post officeThe Louis Corners post office opens
- 1886Post officeThe Meggers post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Louis Corners post office closes
- 1902Post officeThe Meggers post office closes
- 1904Post officeThe Millhome post office closes
- 1954
On 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Schleswig on the map, 1954 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Schleswig. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1954School Hill sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Schleswig.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Schleswig
Nobody well known was born in Schleswig itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Vera Eugenia AndrusAmerican artist · b. 1895Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Schleswig’s history
What year was Schleswig founded?
In 1855, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Schleswig’s post office opened in 1872.
How does Schleswig rank for history?
Schleswig is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns. 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.
How old are the homes in Schleswig?
22% of Schleswig’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.6 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1990.
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).
From Wikipedia, 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.