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History · Clam Falls

Clam Falls’ post office opened in 1871, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Seven Pines Lodge. Below: maps from 1955 on.

1871first post office
1on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Clam Falls began

When was Clam Falls founded?

1871

The Clam Falls post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lewis (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 554155 years
Founding year: the first Clam Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Clam Falls’ 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 Clam Falls 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 Clam Falls’s history is told.

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The story

How Clam Falls came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clam Falls.

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Before the Clam River was dammed and logging began, the area around present-day Clam Falls had long been peopled by Native Americans, who called the location Cobbekonta, or "Little Falls", while the Clam River was known as Kenesca-Seba--"Clam-Shell River". The St. Croix Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians still inhabit the area, where they are engaged in harvesting wild rice, hunting, fishing, and maple sugaring.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Clam Falls, 1871 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Clam Falls post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Lewis post office opens
  5. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1966Post officeThe Clam Falls post office closes
  7. 1993Post officeThe Lewis post office closes
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

Clam Falls on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

Clam Falls on the 1955 USGS mapClam Falls on the 1974 USGS mapClam Falls 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 Clam Falls.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Clam Falls

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Seven Pines Lodge
Seven Pines Lodge
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Rustic1
All 1 listings
Seven Pines LodgeBuilding · listed 1978

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Clam Falls

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

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Molly EngstromAmerican women's ice hockey player · b. 1983
Leo ChenalAmerican football player · b. 2000
Carol MerrillAmerican game show model · b. 1941
Gus JohnsonAmerican YouTube comedian and podcast host · b. 1995
Jon RydbergAmerican wheelchair tennis and basketball player · b. 1977
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Rodney Erickson17th President of Pennsylvania State University · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Clam Falls had its own post office from 1871 to 1966. Another post office, Lewis, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Clam Falls
1871–1966
Lewis
1913–1993
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lewis
Gone or out of use
Geo Jensen Airportairport
1cemetery inside Clam Falls
Lewis

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.

West SwedenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLewisIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSirenIts storyDLorainIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBone LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa FolletteIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDaniels1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clam Falls’ history

What year was Clam Falls founded?

The Clam Falls post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Clam Falls?

One place: the Seven Pines Lodge (listed 1978).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.