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History · Spring Lake

38% of Spring Lake’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Spring Lake’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 Spring Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Spring Lake, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Spring Lake’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Lake’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.

Olivet
1870–1907
Oak Ridge
1875–1888
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Olivet
Gone or out of use
Brookside SchoolschoolCady Creek ChurchchurchCady Creek SchoolschoolEast Hill SchoolschoolReeds SchoolschoolSchool Number 28school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spring Lake
Oak RidgeSpring Lake

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

The story so far

Spring Lake, in brief

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

Spring Lake is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 598. The unincorporated communities of Hatchville and Olivet are located partially in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 563 to 598 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Spring Lake, 1870 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Olivet post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Oak Ridge post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Oak Ridge post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907Post officeThe Olivet 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 Spring Lake

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

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Ethan IversonAmerican pianist · b. 1973
Harry MillerRacecar driver · b. 1875
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Marvin PanchAmerican racing driver · b. 1926
B
Bill BakkeOlympic ski jumper · b. 1946
C. A. IngramAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1867
F
Frank GregoryAmerican baseball player · b. 1888
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Spring ValleyIts storyC+ElmwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCadyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGilmanIts storyB−Rock ElmIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.