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History · Vance Creek

24% of Vance Creek’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Vance 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 Vance Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Vance Creek, in brief

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

Vance Creek is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 689 at the 2020 census, up from 669 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Reeve is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Graytown is located partially in the town.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 669 to 689 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Vance Creek, 1898 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Reeve post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Reeve post office closes
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Vance Creek on the map, 1948 to 1975

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

Vance Creek on the 1948 USGS mapVance Creek on the 1950 USGS mapVance Creek on the 1975 USGS map1948Downing 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 Vance Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Vance Creek

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

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Gaylord NelsonAmerican politician · b. 1916
Madilyn BaileyAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1992
Alicia MonsonAmerican long-distance runner · b. 1998
Andy PafkoBaseball player · b. 1921
Ann HraychuckAmerican politician · b. 1951
Ed BarneyMajor League Baseball outfielder · b. 1890
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Reeve, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Reeve
Gone or out of use
Jones Creek SchoolschoolMeadowbrook SchoolschoolReeve SchoolschoolVance Creek Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Vance Creek
Holy Trinity Russian OrthodoxReeveSaint Johns

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.

New HavenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClear LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurtle LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie FarmIts 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 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.