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History · Sand Creek

Sand Creek’s post office opened in 1872, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1990.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Sand Creek began

When was Sand Creek founded?

1872

The Sand Creek post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 568 in 19902020 census: 603154 years
Founding year: the first Sand Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sand Creek’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 Sand Creek 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 Sand Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sand Creek, in brief

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

Sand Creek is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 603 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Sand Creek lies within the town, on the Red Cedar River.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 570 to 603 (+6%).

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

By decade

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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

Sand Creek on the map, 1949 to 1975

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

Sand Creek on the 1949 USGS mapSand Creek on the 1951 USGS mapSand Creek on the 1975 USGS map1949New Auburn 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 Sand Creek.

People over time

Sand Creek, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 603

Between 568 and 603 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sand Creek’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sand Creek

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

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J. B. Van HollenAmerican lawyer · b. 1966
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Leona E. TylerAmerican psychologist · b. 1906
Edward O. ShawAmerican fighter ace · b. 1920
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Lloyd EllingsonAmerican skier · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Sand Creek’s post office has been open since 1872.

Gone or out of use
Fox Settlement SchoolschoolGood Luck SchoolschoolLower Lutheran ChurchchurchWayside Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sand Creek
MyranOur SaviorsZion

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.

Sioux CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAuburnIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilsonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrantIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sand Creek’s history

What year was Sand Creek founded?

The Sand Creek post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.