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History · Ingram

Ingram’s post office opened in 1887, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Ingram began

When was Ingram founded?

1887

The Ingram post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 360 in 19102020 census: 70139 years
Founding year: the first Ingram post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Ingram’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 Ingram are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ingram’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ingram’s history is told.

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The story

How Ingram came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ingram.

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The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, heading from Ladysmith toward Sault St. Marie, built through the wilderness that would become eastern Rusk County in 1884. Their early steam engines needed frequent stops along the line, so they created Ingram station six miles from Glen Flora and six from Hawkins. The station was named for Orrin Henry Ingram, an Eau Claire lumber baron.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ingram, 1887 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Ingram post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1985Post officeThe Ingram post office closes
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On the map

Ingram on the map, 1953 to 1971

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

Ingram on the 1953 USGS mapIngram on the 1966 USGS mapIngram on the 1971 USGS map1953Rice Lake sheet · 1:250,000

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

People over time

Ingram, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 360

Between 61 and 360 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Ingram

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

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Ron KovicAnti-war activist · b. 1946
Lois CappsAmerican politician and writer · b. 1938
Jim LeonhardAmerican football player and coach · b. 1982
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Beverley AndersonAmerican alpine skier · b. 1938
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Mark HayesAmerican composer · b. 1953
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Mike NewkirkPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Ingram had its own post office from 1887 to 1985.

Ingram
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18801950today
1cemetery inside Ingram
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Ingram’s history

What year was Ingram founded?

The Ingram post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.