The Scott post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Beechwood (1851), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,764177 years
How historic is Scott?
A−
More historic than 75% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Scott post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Scott’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Scott is more historic than 75% 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.
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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±11.9 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 Scott’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Scott yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Scott is a town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Batavia, Beechwood, and Cranberry Marsh are located within the town. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,836 to 1,764 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Scott in 1912
Passages that mention Scott, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, past and present1912Read the page →
Read the text
SHERMAN Sherman is one of the best towns in Sheboygan county and was first settled in 1846. It was originally organized as a part of the town of Scott Digitized by Google
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.
The Scott post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Scott rank for history?
Scott is more historic than 75% 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?
39% of Scott’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±11.9 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1962.
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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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