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History · Wolflake

Wolflake’s post office opened in 1834, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1951 on.

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1on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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How Wolflake began

When was Wolflake founded?

1834

The Wolflake post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name.

192 years
Founding year: the first Wolflake post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wolflake’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 Wolflake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wolflake’s homes were built before 1941.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Wolflake.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wolflake’s history is told.

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How Wolflake came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wolflake.

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Wolf Lake was platted in 1836, taking its name from the nearby eponymous lake. A post office has been in operation at Wolf Lake since 1834.

The former Luckey Hospital was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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On the map

Wolflake on the map, 1951 to 1965

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

Wolflake on the 1951 USGS mapWolflake on the 1965 USGS map1951Merriam 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 Wolflake.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Wolflake

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Wolflake’s history

What year was Wolflake founded?

The Wolflake post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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