The Taycheedah post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name. Six smaller post offices, Taycheida (1841), Hinesberg (1855) and Peebles (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,554183 years
How historic is Taycheedah?
B+
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Taycheedah post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Taycheedah’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Taycheedah is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #123 of 362 in Wisconsin. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Taycheedah’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 Taycheedah’s 4.3 sits near the middle of its state (65% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% 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 (±5.2 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 Taycheedah’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Taycheedah. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1910Fond du Lac 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 Taycheedah.
The story so far
Taycheedah, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Taycheedah yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Taycheedah (originally Taychedah) is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,554 at the 2020 census. The census-designated places of St. Peter and Taycheedah and the unincorporated communities of Hopokoekau Beach, Linden Beach, Minawa Beach, Peebles, Silica, and Welling Beach are located in the town, as well as Malone, which is partially located in the town.
Its first post office opened in 1843. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,205 to 4,554 (+8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Taycheedah, 1841 to 1986
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Taycheedah post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Taycheedah rank for history?
Taycheedah is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #123 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.
What is on the National Register in Taycheedah?
2 listings: 1 building, among them the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (listed 1980, the first).
How old are the homes in Taycheedah?
10% of Taycheedah’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1990.
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 (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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