On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Rock Creek is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Rock Creek’s overall grade.
Wisconsin towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wisconsin town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Rock Creek’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Wisconsin towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.0 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Rock Creek’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Rock Falls
1857–1908
Caryville
1882–1936
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaryvilleRock Falls
Gone or out of use
Clark SchoolschoolCoon Creek SchoolschoolCranberry SchoolschoolThomas Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rock Creek
Rock CreekRock Creek
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Rock Creek, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rock Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Rock Creek is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Caryville and Rock Falls are located within the town. Located near Eau Claire, the town has seen a great deal of recent suburban development in the corridor between the Chippewa River and Wis. 85.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,000 in 2010, 1,003 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Rock Creek, 1857 to 1936
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Rock Creek is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Rock Creek?
19% of Rock Creek’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.0 points), against a typical 12% for a Wisconsin town; the median home was built in 1986.
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).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
