The story
Read it all →How Scott came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Scott.
The town is named for Thomas B. Scott, who served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1873 to 1882.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Scott
23% of Scott’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1966 on.
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Scott’s history
How historic is Scott?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 52% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Scott’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott is more historic than 52% 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 Scott’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194023.3% of homes (±9.5) · typical WI town 12.1% · U.S. 8.4%A−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 52%
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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 Scott’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.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.5 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Scott’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 Scott’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scott’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.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
Scott on the map, 1966 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Scott. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1966Merrill sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Scott.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Scott
Nobody well known was born in Scott itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Jalen JohnsonAmerican basketball player (born December 2001) · b. 2001W
Wendy BoglioliAmerican swimmer · b. 1955
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Thomas T. MoultonAmerican sound engineer · b. 1896M
Michael A. StackpoleScience fiction author · b. 1957Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Gone or out of use
City View SchoolschoolElm Grove SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolPrairie View SchoolschoolSaint Johns ChurchchurchSnow Hill SchoolschoolWisconsin River Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Scott
Saint JohnSnow Hill
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.
Questions about Scott’s history
How does Scott rank for history?
Scott is more historic than 52% 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 Scott?
23% of Scott’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.5 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1985.
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 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.