The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGardner is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,218 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Little Sturgeon is located in the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,194 to 1,218 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gardner 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.
Start Gardner’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gardner’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gardner, decade by decade
2000
CommonsNortheastern part of mainland Gardner, Door County, Wiscons…2020
CommonsLittle Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin 20202020
CommonsGardner portion of ISS062-E-151328 - View of Wisconsin (cro…2020
CommonsGardner Wisconsin Town Hall2020
CommonsAerial view of the community of Little Sturgeon and vicinit…2020
CommonsAerial view of the Gardner portion of Snake Island, also ca…2020
CommonsAerial view of the Gardner Swamp in the town of Gardner and…2020
CommonsAerial view of southwestern Gardner and northwestern Union …2020
CommonsAerial view of southeastern Gardner, southwestern Nasewaupe…2020
CommonsAerial view of part of western Gardner in Door County, Wisc…2020
CommonsAerial view of part of northwestern Gardner in Door County,…2020
CommonsSanicula marilandica20121 historic place in Gardner
1 place in Gardner is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.