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Springvale is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 975 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Ladoga is located partially in the town.
Its first post office opened in 1851. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 707 to 675 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Springvale in 1880
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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, containing ... war record, biographical sketches ... history of Wisconsin ... etc1880 · page 934Read the page →
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Pinkney, started for Wisconsin, and reached the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in February, 1848; he entered 160 acres of land in Sees. 31 and 32 of that town, but devoted his attention to merchandising in the village of Rosendale, and afterward disposed of his real estate in that town; in January, 1852, he devoted xchanged his stock of goods for a farm of 85 acres, in Sec. 3. town of Springvale, where he has since his time to farming, though he has been closely connected with everything pertaining to interests of the village of Rosendale. In February, 1851, he was married to Miss Olive, daughter of Worthy and Bulah A. White, then residents of the town of Eldorsldo, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but emigrants from Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1849 ; their children are Josephine (now the wife of William W. Stuart, of Montana;
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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin1880 · page 932Read the page →
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Pinkney, started for Wisconsin, and reached the town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., in February, 1848; he entered IGU acres of land in Sees. 31 and 32 of that town, but devoted his attention to merchandising in the village of Rosendale, and afterward disposed of liis real estate in that town; in January, 1852, he devoted xchanged his stock of goods fur a farm of 85 acres, in Sec. 3. town of Springvale, where he has since his time to farming, though he has bien closely connected with everything pertaining to interests of the village of Rosendale. In February, 1851, he was married to Miss Olive, daughter of Worthy and Bulah A. White, then residents of the town of Eldorado, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., but emigrants from Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1849; their children are Josephine (now the wife of William W. Stuart, of Montana,
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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin1880 · page 928Read the page →
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928 BIOGBAPiriCAL SKETCHES: with their mother came to Wisconsin in July, 1844, and settled in the town of Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., and later in the town of Springvale ; they wore Sewell V., now living at Winona, Minn., to which place he removed in 1S61 ; Calvin, now a citizen of this town — Springvale; Aloczo, now a resident of Eau Claire Co.. Wis ; James, who was perhaps the first physician in the town of Springvale, and who soon after settled in Milwaukee, but was forced on account of ill health to give up his professional work (he died in the city of Fond du Lac, Aug. 13, 1853, leaving a daughter, Nettie, who afterward, with her mother and stepfather, removed to Wyoming, and there was drawn as one of the first twelve lady jurists
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for four years, after which he followed the butcher's trade in England till 1852; they came thence to America, and arrived at the village of Rosendale, Pond du Lac Co., Wis., June 28, 1852 ; he lived in the town of Rosendale till the spring of 1854, when he bought a farm of eighty acres in Sec. 4, town of Springvale, which has since been his home ; he now also owns eighty acres in Sec. 8 of this town. Their children are Alfred, who lives in this town ; George W., of Springvale ; Neomi E., now at home ; John W., now a Congregational minister at Escanaba, Mich. ; Pearce, now in Massachusetts ; Mary J., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pinch are members of the Congregational Church. He has been a member of the Town Board for one term.
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Timeline
Springvale, 1851 to 1956
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
