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History · Sherman

21% of Sherman’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sherman’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 Sherman are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sherman, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Sherman’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman’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

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

Spokeville
1885–1905
Veefkind
1892–1911
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
SpokevilleVeefkind
Gone or out of use
Catlin SchoolschoolColes SchoolschoolGriffith SchoolschoolHolmes SchoolschoolSalem ChurchchurchSpokeville SchoolschoolTaft SchoolschoolVeefkind ChurchchurchVeefkind Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sherman
ColesSalemVeefkindWest Spencer

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

The story so far

Sherman, in brief

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

Sherman is a town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 831 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Veefkind is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Spokeville is also located partially in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 882 to 831 (-6%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Sherman in 1908

Passages that mention Sherman, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Sherman's forces to the sea, and was in the closing campaign of the war, witnessing the surrender of General Johnston to General Sherman. On more than one occasion he was proffered the captaincy of a company, but he declined to assume the superior rank. He was a courageous and patriotic soldier and…
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio1908 · page 640Read the page →
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Sherman's forces to the sea, and was in the closing campaign of the war, witnessing the surrender of General Johnston to General Sherman. On more than one occasion he was proffered the captaincy of a company, but he declined to assume the superior rank. He was a courageous and patriotic soldier and always took pride in

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.

Timeline

Sherman, 1885 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Spokeville post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Veefkind post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Spokeville post office closes
  6. 1911Post officeThe Veefkind post office closes
  7. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sherman, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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On the map

Sherman on the map, 1954 to 1984

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

Sherman on the 1954 USGS mapSherman on the 1984 USGS map1954Granton sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherman

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

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Andrew RockAmerican sprinter · b. 1982
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Bob GalvinAmerican businessman · b. 1922
Dave DudleyAmerican musician · b. 1928
George Washington BlanchardAmerican politician · b. 1884
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Lucy ReedAmerican jazz singer · b. 1921
Mark TauscherAmerican sportsperson and gridiron football pla… · b. 1977
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SpencerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFremontIts storyBUnityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoyalIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpencerIts storyC+

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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 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.