A history of Berlin,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Berlin from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusThere is another Town of Berlin in Green Lake County, Wisconsin. There is also the city of Berlin, Wisconsin. Berlin is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 949 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Emmerich and Naugart are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Teagesville is also located partially in the town. The ghost town of Ziegler was also located in the town.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 945 people in 2010, 949 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Berlin yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Berlin’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTraining School, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Berlin, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Training School (1911) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.