Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns · #252 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1934 on, and the census since 1930.
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Seymour is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #252 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Seymour’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seymour’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Seymour yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Seymour is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,352 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Seymour is located in the southwestern portion of the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,209 to 3,352 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Seymour, cut from the printed page as they were published.
He came to Eau Claire county in 1887 and settled on a farm of 190 acres in the town of Seymour, to which he has subsequently added until now his farm contains 230 acres of well cultivated land, improved with substantial buildings. From 1887 to 1906 Mr. Vance carried on farming operations on this farm. In tlie last named year he turned the management over to his son, Martin Roy, and since that time has given his sole attention to highway bridge contracting in northwestern Wisconsin, his
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est length from north to south is nine miles, while the distance from east to west is eight miles. It contains a fraction over sixty square miles and is settled chiefly by an agricultural community. It is bounded on the north by the towns of Seymour and Ludington, on the south by the towns of Clear Creek and Otter Creek, on the east by Ludington and Bridge Creek, and on the west by the town of Washington. The Eau Claire river runs through the towns from northeast to northwest, and it is
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Seymour. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Seymour.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Seymour’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 570 people in 1930 to 3,209 in 2010, 5 times over.
9 censuses, 1930–2010.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Seymour’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Seymour itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Seymour is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #252 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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.
15% of Seymour’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1973.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the Library of Congress (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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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