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History · Oak Grove

28% of Oak Grove’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oak Grove’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 Oak Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Oak Grove, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oak 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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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.

Brill
1902–1991
Tuscobia
1902–1905
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BrillTuscobia
Gone or out of use
Rice Lake Municipal Airportairport
1cemetery inside Oak Grove
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic

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

The story so far

Oak Grove, in brief

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

Oak Grove is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 960 at the 2020 census, up from 948 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Brill and Tuscobia are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Dobie is also located partially in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 948 in 2010, 960 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Oak Grove, 1902 to 1991

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Brill post office opens
  3. 1902Post officeThe Tuscobia post office opens
  4. 1905Post officeThe Tuscobia post office closes
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1991Post officeThe Brill 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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On the map

Oak Grove on the map, 1965 to 1981

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

Oak Grove on the 1965 USGS mapOak Grove on the 1981 USGS map1965Rice Lake 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 Oak Grove.

Famous people

Famous people close to Oak Grove

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

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Dick LaneAmerican actor and television announcer · b. 1899
Henry EllensonAmerican basketball player · b. 1997
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John PetersonOlympic wrestler · b. 1948
John G. Blystone1892–1938; American film director · b. 1892
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David HansonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1954
Harold OlsenAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1895
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rice LakeIts storyCHaugen1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCedar Lake1 historic placeB+Long LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBear LakeIts 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.