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Swiss’ post office opened in 1899

Most of Swiss was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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How Swiss began

When was Swiss founded?

1899

The Swiss post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 807127 years
Founding year: the first Swiss post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Swiss’ 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 Swiss 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 Swiss’s history is told.

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The story so far

Swiss, in brief

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

Swiss is a town in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 807 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Danbury is located within the town.

Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 790 to 807 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Swiss, 1899 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Swiss post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Danbury post office opens
  5. 1919Post officeThe Swiss post office closes
By decade

Swiss, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Swiss Town Hall - Danbury, Wisconsin2017Swiss Town Hall - Danbury, WisconsinWWC Swiss Township Cemetery2009WWC Swiss Township CemeteryWIMap-doton-Swiss2004WIMap-doton-Swiss
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Swiss had its own post office from 1899 to 1919.

Swiss
1899–1919
Danbury
1912–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Danbury
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Swiss
DanburySwiss

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.

DanburyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlaineIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOaklandIts storyDWebb LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnionIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJacksonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Swiss’ history

What year was Swiss founded?

The Swiss post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), 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.