As Denmark’s population grew in the early 1900s, the school district needed more space to house students. At the time, the elementary school consisted of a small white frame schoolhouse on Wisconsin Avenue which was built in 1881 by Jens Jenson. Unfortunately, it took only a few decades for this building to be inadequate for the needs of the district.

While Cherney Maribel Caves County Park is a popular destination for recreation today, it was not always a publicly-accessible park. The property operated for many years as a health resort, built by Father Francis Steinbrecher, known as the Maribel Caves Hotel. The hotel was modeled after buildings from his native Austria giving it an old-world feel.

In 1906, spurred by the construction of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway through the center of Denmark, Ben Hendrickson built the Union Hotel. The Union Hotel would open in 1907 to accommodate travelers as it was built very close to the Denmark railroad depot.

Zion United Methodist Church has a long history in our village having been formed in 1916, just a year after the village was incorporated.

In 1962, an advisory group made up of local residents was formed to advise the Denmark School District on its future growth and needs. The group, called the Denmark Joint School District No. 5 Citizens Advisory Committee, served an important role to provide much-needed feedback and ideas to the school district administration on the opinions of local residents.

In the early 1960s, crossing the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Pine Street in the Village of Denmark was a dangerous feat. Residents complained the view of oncoming trains was obstructed from all directions. Railroad activity had also increased, so more trains were crossing through downtown Denmark.

In 1919, the Denmark branch of the American Society of Equity was formed. This cooperative was formed to purchase the grain elevator from the Kriwanek Brothers which had been built by them soon after the railroad was constructed through Denmark in 1906. 

The first school in what would become the Town of New Denmark was constructed in 1854 at a cost of $79.75. The building was located near West Danish Lutheran Cemetery, and it consisted of just one room with six small windows. The school used rough-hewn planks as seats, and the teacher had a large box to sit on. 

In the early 1800s, roads through Wisconsin, then known as the Wisconsin Territory prior to statehood in 1848, were nearly nonexistent. Pioneers had to forge their own path, or more commonly, use ancient Native American trails and rivers to navigate their way through the territory.

The Denmark Brewing Company was founded in 1933 and began operations in 1934 after the construction of their new building.

When the Village of Denmark received electrical service in 1916, adoption was swift. Within three years, 60 percent of residences in the village had electricity in addition to several manufacturers and outlying farms.

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Denmark was formed by the merger of Trinity and Calvary Lutheran Churches in 1951. The two churches had long shared a close relationship and had expressed interest in a merger for several years, but they lacked the support to close the deal until 1951.

In the mid-1800s, immigrants from the country of Denmark began immigrating to the Wisconsin countryside. They found a land ripe for farming, at least once the trees were cleared. Many of the immigrants were dairy farmers and were attracted to the area by its proximity to large bodies of water and the climatic conditions which largely resembled those of their homeland. 

In Denmark's early days, milk was not able to be transported nearly as easily as it is today. Since there was the need to process milk locally, many cheese factories popped up throughout the countryside. In those days, farms were miniscule compared to today’s factory farms or even compared to our local family farms. Many farms only had 8-10 cows on 60-80 acres of farmland.

In 1953, Frank and Agnes Wood purchased The Denmark Press for $17,460 marking the beginning of their newspaper publishing career. This was a big jump for them at the time since Frank was only 24 years old and didn’t even own a car.