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History · Sherwood

12% of Sherwood’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sherwood’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 Sherwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherwood’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Sherwood, in brief

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

There is also the Village of Sherwood in Calumet County. Sherwood is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 230 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Nevins is located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 220 to 230 (+5%).

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

Timeline

Sherwood, 1879 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Nevins post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Nevins post office closes
  5. 1970On 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

Sherwood on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Sherwood on the 1970 USGS mapSherwood on the 1985 USGS map1970City Point NE 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 Sherwood.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherwood

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

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Virginia SatirAmerican psychotherapist & non-fiction author · b. 1916
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Andrew RockAmerican sprinter · b. 1982
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Bob GalvinAmerican businessman · b. 1922
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Lucy ReedAmerican jazz singer · b. 1921
Mark TauscherAmerican sportsperson and gridiron football pla… · b. 1977
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Zach WahlsAmerican activist · b. 1991
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Nevins, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Nevins
1cemetery inside Sherwood
Sherwood

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

LynnIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCity PointIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCaryIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHilesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashburnIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.