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History · Schley

18% of Schley’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Schley’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 Schley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Schley, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Bloomville
1884–1933
Heller
1890–1921
Doering
1903–1939
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BloomvilleDoeringDutch Corners
Gone or out of use
Doering SchoolschoolDrew SchoolschoolEstonian ChurchchurchHeller SchoolschoolJanes Spur SchoolschoolLettish ChurchchurchMaple Grove SchoolschoolPlamann SchoolschoolPrairie Dells DamdamSunrise Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Schley
EstonianLatvianSaint JohnsTrinity Lutheran

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

The story so far

Schley, in brief

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

Schley is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 950 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Doering and Dutch Corners are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Bloomville is also located partially in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 934 in 2010, 950 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Schley, 1884 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Bloomville post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Heller post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Doering post office opens
  6. 1921Post officeThe Heller post office closes
  7. 1933Post officeThe Bloomville post office closes
  8. 1939Post officeThe Doering post office closes
  9. 1954On 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

Schley on the map, 1954 to 1990

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

Schley on the 1954 USGS mapSchley on the 1990 USGS map1954Iron Mountain sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Schley

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

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Marissa MayerAmerican business executive and engineer, forme… · b. 1975
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Jalen JohnsonAmerican basketball player (born December 2001) · b. 2001
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Wendy BoglioliAmerican swimmer · b. 1955
Gloria CoatesAmerican composer · b. 1933
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Thomas T. MoultonAmerican sound engineer · b. 1896
Jay LeggettAmerican actor, improvisational comedian, produ… · b. 1963
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

VilasIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine RiverIts storyC+MerrillIts storyCRussellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.