History · Langlade

Langlade’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Langlade. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, Antigo · Library of Congress

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Langlade is a town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 469 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Choate, Freeman, Lily, and Pickerel are located within the town. The township is served by the Town of Langlade Fire Department, and Pickerel Rescue Squad for ambulance services.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 473 people in 2010, 469 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Langlade 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Langlade’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewRange Line Road Bridge, Spanning …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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Langlade, 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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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Range Line Road Bridge, Spanning West Branch of Eau Claire River, on Range Line Road, Antigo and it appears here side by side.

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