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History · Bone Lake

12% of Bone Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Bone 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 Bone Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Bone Lake, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 717 to 686 (-4%).

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

Bone Lake on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

Bone Lake on the 1955 USGS mapBone Lake on the 1974 USGS mapBone Lake on the 1983 USGS map1955Frederic 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 Bone Lake.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

GeorgetownIts storyC−McKinleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLuckIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClam Falls1 historic placenot 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people 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.