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History · Chaseburg

Chaseburg’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Chaseburg. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Chaseburg ( CHAYSS-bərg) is a village in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 241 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 284 to 241 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chaseburg 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.

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Chaseburg, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Chaseburg is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chaseburg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nils Skumsrud House in Hamburg, 3.5 miles away.

Chaseburg and the nearest listed places

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Nils Skumsrud HouseOehler Mill ComplexChambers-Markle FarmsteadDistrict School No. 1Carl August Mundstock FarmChurch of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal

Closest to Chaseburg

Nils Skumsrud HouseHamburg · Single-Pen Log House · Built 18533.5miOehler Mill ComplexShelby · Building7.5miChambers-Markle FarmsteadLa Crosse · District7.8miDistrict School No. 1La Crosse · Prairie School · Built 19177.9miCarl August Mundstock FarmShelby · Queen Anne7.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Nils Skumsrud House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Chaseburg?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Chaseburg’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hamburg📜 Coon Valley📜 Bergen📜 Stoddard

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