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History · Schoepke

2 of Schoepke’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghouse and the Pelican Lake Hotel. Most of Schoepke was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1965 on.

2on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Schoepke’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 Schoepke are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Schoepke, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schoepke’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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 and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pelican Lake
1882–today
Pratt Junction
1887–1903
Jennings
1899–1920
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
JenningsLennoxPelican LakePratt Junction
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Schoepke
Forest HomeSaint MarysWolfgram

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

The story so far

Schoepke, in brief

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

Schoepke is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 388 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Jennings, Lennox, Pelican Lake, and Pratt Junction are located in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 387 in 2010, 388 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Schoepke, 1882 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Pelican Lake post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Pratt Junction post office opens
  4. 1899BuiltMecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghouse is built
  5. 1899Post officeThe Jennings post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903Post officeThe Pratt Junction post office closes
  8. 1920Post officeThe Jennings post office closes
  9. 1928BuiltPelican Lake Hotel is built
  10. 1965On 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

Schoepke on the map, 1965 to 1989

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

Schoepke on the 1965 USGS mapSchoepke on the 1989 USGS map1965Monico 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 Schoepke.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Schoepke

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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first listed
1984
Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardingh…
Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghouse, built 1899Pelican Lake Hotel, built 1928
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements1
Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and BoardinghouseBuilt 1899
Pelican Lake HotelLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 1928

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

EnterpriseIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonicoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElchoIts storyCNashville1 historic placeC

Questions about Schoepke’s history

What is on the National Register in Schoepke?

Two places: the Mecikalski General Store, Saloon, and Boardinghouse (listed 1984) and the Pelican Lake Hotel (2013).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.