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History · Maple Creek

51% of Maple Creek’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maple 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 Maple Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Maple Creek’s homes were built before 1938.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Maple Creek, in brief

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

Maple Creek is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 591 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Sugar Bush is located in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 619 to 591 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Maple Creek, 1858 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Sugar Bush post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1958Post officeThe Sugar Bush post office closes
  5. 1969On 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

Maple Creek on the map, 1969 to 1992

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

Maple Creek on the 1969 USGS mapMaple Creek on the 1984 USGS mapMaple Creek on the 1992 USGS map1969New London 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 Maple Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Creek

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

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Gerald NyeAmerican politician and antiwar activist · b. 1892
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Robert F. MorneauCatholic bishop · b. 1938
William Frederick MeggersAmerican physicist · b. 1888
John Miller BaerAmerican politician and political cartoonist · b. 1886
Charlie NagreenAmerican claimant of inventor of the hamburger · b. 1870
Clint KriewaldtAmerican football player · b. 1976
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Sugar Bush
Gone or out of use
Cedar View SchoolschoolClover Blossom SchoolschoolEmanuel ChurchchurchEmmanuel SchoolschoolGolden Hill SchoolschoolMaple Corner Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maple Creek
Maple Creek Cemetery Number 1New Maple Creek

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.

New London2 historic placesB+LibertyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLebanonIts storyC+Deer CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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.