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History · Rice Lake Township

Half of Rice Lake Township’s homes were built after 2006

Most of Rice Lake Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006. Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rice Lake Township’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 Rice Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Rice Lake Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rice Lake Township.

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Rice Lake Township was named after Rice Lake, itself named after postmaster John R. Rice of post office Ricelake, which operated briefly from December 1898 to June 1899.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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

Rice Lake Township on the map, 1954 to 1980

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

Rice Lake Township on the 1954 USGS mapRice Lake Township on the 1980 USGS map1954McClusky sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Rice Lake Township

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

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Edward Arthur SteinhausAmerican insect pathologist · b. 1914
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Roland J. BarnickUnited States Air Force general · b. 1917
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Anna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCameron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTorning TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVang TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its 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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.