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History · Red Springs

Red Springs’ post office opened in 1901, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lutheran Indian Mission. Below: maps from 1964 on.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Red Springs began

When was Red Springs founded?

1901

The Red Springs post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 993125 years
Founding year: the first Red Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Red Springs’ 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 Red Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Red Springs’s history is told.

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The story so far

Red Springs, in brief

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

Red Springs is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 993. The unincorporated community of Morgan is located in the town. The census-designated place of Middle Village is also located partially in the town.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 925 to 993 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Red Springs, 1901 to 1964

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901BuiltLutheran Indian Mission is built
  3. 1901Post officeThe Red Springs post office opens
  4. 1908Post officeThe Red Springs post office closes
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Red Springs on the map, 1964 to 1982

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

Red Springs on the 1964 USGS mapRed Springs on the 1982 USGS map1964Gresham 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 Red Springs.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Red Springs

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Lutheran Indian Mission
Lutheran Indian Mission, built 1901
Buildings
Lutheran Indian MissionBuilt 1901

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Red Springs

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

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Ada DeerNative American activist, scholar, and civil se… · b. 1935
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Sheila TouseyAmerican actress · b. 1960
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Billy ReedMajor League Baseball secondbaseman · b. 1922
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Lee RemmelSportswriter, Green Bay Packers Public Relation… · b. 1924
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Marcus OliveiraAmerican boxer · b. 1979
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Bert ThielMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1926
Places that used to be

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

Red Springs had its own post office from 1901 to 1908.

Red Springs
1901–1908
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Middle VillageMorgan
Gone or out of use
El Mohican Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Red Springs
Red Springs

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.

MenomineeIts storyDBartelmeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddle VillageIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHermanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Red Springs’ history

What year was Red Springs founded?

The Red Springs post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Red Springs?

One place: the Lutheran Indian Mission (listed 1980).

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 Wikidata (1), 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.