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History · Maple Grove

31% of Maple Grove’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Laney School. Below: maps from 1955 on.

1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maple Grove’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Maple Grove, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maple Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Laney
1870–1909
Owego
1870–1884
Hofa Park
1884–1913
Rose Lawn
1887–1915
Pittsfield
1892–1907
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Frazer CornersHofa ParkLaneyPittsfieldRose Lawn
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maple Grove
Elm GroveElm LawnOwego

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maple Grove’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Maple Grove, in brief

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

Maple Grove is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 939 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Hofa Park, Laney, and Rose Lawn are located in the town. The unincorporated communities of Angelica, Frazer Corners, and Pittsfield are also located partially in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 972 to 939 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Maple Grove, 1870 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Laney post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Owego post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Owego post office closes
  5. 1884Post officeThe Hofa Park post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909Post officeThe Laney post office closes
  8. 1913Post officeThe Hofa Park post office closes
  9. 1955On 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 Grove on the map, 1955 to 1974

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

Maple Grove on the 1955 USGS mapMaple Grove on the 1974 USGS map1955Seymour 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 Maple Grove.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Maple Grove

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Laney School
Laney School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
All 1 listings
Laney SchoolBuilding · listed 1998

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Grove

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

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Deedra IrwinAmerican biathlete · b. 1992
John Miller BaerAmerican politician and political cartoonist · b. 1886
Adam KochAmerican basketball player · b. 1988
Mike TaylorAmerican football linebacker · b. 1989
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Carl ZollAmerican football guard · b. 1899
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David SteffenAmerican politician · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pulaski1 historic placeC+LessorIts storyB−SeymourIts storyB−PittsfieldIts storyC+AngelicaIts storyC+

Questions about Maple Grove’s history

What is on the National Register in Maple Grove?

One place: the Laney School (listed 1998).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.