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History · Frog Creek

Half of Frog Creek’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Frog Creek was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Frog 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 Frog Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Frog Creek, in brief

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

Frog Creek is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Chittamo is located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 130 to 127 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Frog Creek, 1908 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Chittamo post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Chittamo post office closes
  4. 1971On 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

Frog Creek on the map, 1971 to 1980

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

Frog Creek on the 1971 USGS mapFrog Creek on the 1980 USGS map1971Stanberry West sheet · 1:24,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Chittamo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Chittamo
Gone or out of use
Chittamo Schoolschool

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.

Minong1 historic placeBStinnettIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWascottIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLenrootIts storyD

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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.