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History · Clear Creek

39% of Clear Creek’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1927 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register

39%homes built before 1940

What stands out about Clear Creek’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 Clear Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clear Creek, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Clear Creek’s homes were built before 1959.

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Decades since 1900 with photos

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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Norseville

1881–1903

Nixcorner

1888–1903

18801950today

Hamlets and corners on the map

AllenFosterNix Corner

Gone or out of use

Clemenson SchoolschoolKneeland SchoolschoolNorseville SchoolschoolSaint Paul ChurchchurchYork Valley Schoolschool

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clear Creek

Holy Guardian AngelsSaint LukeSaint PaulSaint Peters LutheranUnion

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

The story so far

Clear Creek, in brief

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

Clear Creek is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 778 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Allen, Foster, and Nix Corner are located within the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 821 to 778 (-5%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Clear Creek in 1914

Passages that mention Clear Creek, cut from the printed page as they were published.

from east to west is eight miles. It contains a fraction over sixty square miles and is settled chiefly by an agricultural community. It is bounded on the north by the towns of Seymour and Ludington, on the south by the towns of Clear Creek and Otter Creek, on the east by Ludington and Bridge Creek… — **History of Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, past and present**1914 · page 39Read the page →
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from east to west is eight miles. It contains a fraction over sixty square miles and is settled chiefly by an agricultural community. It is bounded on the north by the towns of Seymour and Ludington, on the south by the towns of Clear Creek and Otter Creek, on the east by Ludington and Bridge Creek, and on the west by the town of Washington. The Eau Claire river runs through the towns from northeast to northwest, and it is also watered by the tributaries, Fall and Bear's Grass creeks.
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Clear Creek Township was organized in 1882, and is strictly agricultural. It contains thirty-six square miles and is bounded on the north by the towns of Washington and Lincoln, on the south by Trempealeu county, on the east by the town of Otter Creek and on the west by Pleasant Valley. The norther… — **History of Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, past and present**1914 · page 41Read the page →
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Clear Creek Township was organized in 1882, and is strictly agricultural. It contains thirty-six square miles and is bounded on the north by the towns of Washington and Lincoln, on the south by Trempealeu county, on the east by the town of Otter Creek and on the west by Pleasant Valley. The northern half is watered by Clear, Bear's and Otter creeks; its popidation, according to the census returns of 1910, are 728.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Clear Creek, 1881 to 1927

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

19th century
1881Post officeThe Norseville post office opens
1888Post officeThe Nixcorner post office opens
20th century
1903Post officeThe Norseville post office closes
1903Post officeThe Nixcorner post office closes
1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Clear Creek on the map, 1927 to 1973

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

1927Strum 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 Clear Creek.

People over time

Clear Creek, census by census

Between 692 and 821 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clear Creek’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clear Creek

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

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Roderick StrongAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1983

Justin VernonAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1981

George N. Gillett, Jr.American businessman · b. 1938

Stanley BlystoneActor · b. 1894

Jake McCabeAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1993

Steve GundersonCEO of the Council on Foundations · b. 1951

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pleasant ValleyIts storyC⁻UnityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town Otter CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town LincolnIts storyB⁻

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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