Gresham is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 586 at the 2010 census. The community was named for Walter Q. Gresham, who was the Postmaster General at the time the post office opened in December 1883. Gresham was home to the Alexian Brothers' Novitiate, which after its closure was the site of a month-lon…Gresham is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 586 at the 2010 census. The community was named for Walter Q. Gresham, who was the Postmaster General at the time the post office opened in December 1883. Gresham was home to the Alexian Brothers' Novitiate, which after its closure was the site of a month-long occupation by the Menominee Warrior Society in 1975.