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History · Maple Valley

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

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maple Valley’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 Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Maple Valley, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maple Valley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Hickory
1880–1906
Claywood
1892–1908
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FrostvilleHickory Corners
Gone or out of use
Claywood SchoolschoolClover Nook Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maple Valley
HickoryMaple Valley

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

The story so far

Maple Valley, in brief

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

Maple Valley is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 647 at the 2020 census. The town did have an operating post office from 1878 until 1906.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 662 to 647 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Maple Valley, 1880 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Hickory post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Claywood post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Hickory post office closes
  6. 1908Post officeThe Claywood post office closes
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Valley

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

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Dan HaggertyAmerican actor · b. 1942
Ada DeerNative American activist, scholar, and civil se… · b. 1935
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Sheila TouseyAmerican actress · b. 1960
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Marcus OliveiraAmerican boxer · b. 1979
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George BurnsideAmerican football player · b. 1899
David V. JenningsAmerican politician · b. 1887
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SpruceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSuringIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBagleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGillettIts 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 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.