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History · Beaver Brook

Beaver Brook’s post office opened in 1917, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on.

1917first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Beaver Brook began

When was Beaver Brook founded?

1917

The Beaver Brook post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 795109 years
Founding year: the first Beaver Brook post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beaver Brook’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 Beaver Brook are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Brook’s history is told.

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The story so far

Beaver Brook, in brief

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

Beaver Brook is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 795 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Beaver Brook and Chicago Junction are located in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1917. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 713 to 795 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Beaver Brook, 1917 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1917Post officeThe Beaver Brook post office opens
  3. 1944Post officeThe Beaver Brook post office closes
  4. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Beaver Brook on the map, 1965 to 1982

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

Beaver Brook on the 1965 USGS mapBeaver Brook on the 1982 USGS map1965Spooner sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Beaver Brook

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

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Dick LaneAmerican actor and television announcer · b. 1899
Henry EllensonAmerican basketball player · b. 1997
John G. Blystone1892–1938; American film director · b. 1892
Harold OlsenAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1895
Josh EngelAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1984
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Patricia Spafford SmithAmerican politician · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Beaver Brook had its own post office from 1917 to 1944.

Beaver Brook
1917–1944
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Chicago Junction
1cemetery inside Beaver Brook
Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Spooner2 historic placesBMadgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBashawIts storyCSaronaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShell LakeIts storyCSpoonerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Beaver Brook’s history

What year was Beaver Brook founded?

The Beaver Brook post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.