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History · Lake Lorraine

10% of Lake Lorraine’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Lorraine’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 Lake Lorraine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1971. Watch Lake Lorraine change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Lorraine’s history is told.

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On the map

Lake Lorraine on the map, 1893 to 1971

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

Lake Lorraine on the 1893 USGS mapLake Lorraine on the 1960 USGS mapLake Lorraine on the 1971 USGS map1893Delavan 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 Lake Lorraine.

The story so far

Lake Lorraine, in brief

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

Lake Lorraine is a census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 338 as of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 324 to 338 (+4%).

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

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Lorraine

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

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Buddy MelgesSailor · b. 1930
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Reese BrantmeierUS American tennis player · b. 2004
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Albert WhitfordAmerican astronomer · b. 1905
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Edith KellmanAmerican astronomer · b. 1911
Travis FrederickAmerican football player · b. 1991
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Ned HollisterAmerican zoologist and botanical collector · b. 1876

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.