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History · Spring Lake

Spring Lake dates to 1912, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Spring Lake began

When was Spring Lake founded?

1912

Spring Lake dates its founding to 1912 (Wikipedia’s history).

2020 census: 210114 years
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What stands out about Spring Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Spring Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Spring Lake’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Lake’s history is told.

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How Spring Lake came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Spring Lake.

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Spring Lake is centered on an artificial lake of the same name, which was completed in about 1885. Spring Lake was laid out as a town in 1912.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Lake

Nobody well known was born in Spring Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Angela AhrendtsAmerican businesswoman · b. 1960
James Whitcomb RileyAmerican poet from Indianapolis · b. 1849
Kyle GibsonBaseball player from the United States · b. 1987
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Bill BlackbeardWriter · b. 1926
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Don RobinsonAmerican football player and coach · b. 1880

Questions about Spring Lake’s history

What year was Spring Lake founded?

In 1912, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.