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History · Wall Lake

44% of Wall Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wall 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 Wall Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wall Lake’s homes were built before 1950.
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The story so far

Wall Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wall Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wall Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in LaGrange and Steuben counties, Indiana, United States.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Wall Lake on the map, 1940 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wall Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Wall Lake on the 1940 USGS mapWall Lake on the 1960 USGS mapWall Lake on the 1992 USGS map1940Orland sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wall Lake.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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Millgrove Township2 historic placesB+Greenfield TownshipIts storyB+

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.