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The story

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Fall Creek was founded in 1870. The village was named after the rapids on a nearby creek. The post office was established in 1870 as Cousins, in honor of Eau Claire businessman Henry Cousins. The name was changed to Fall Creek four years later in July 1874.

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2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fall Creek is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fall Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dells Mill in Bridge Creek, 6.9 miles away.

Fall Creek and the nearest listed places

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Dells MillEinar and Alice Borton HouseEmery Street Bungalow DistrictDr. Nels Werner HouseWilliam and Tilla Schwahn HouseThird Ward Historic District

Closest to Fall Creek

Dells MillBridge Creek · Built 18676.9miEinar and Alice Borton HouseEau Claire · Built 194910.1miEmery Street Bungalow DistrictEau Claire · District10.4miDr. Nels Werner HouseEau Claire · Built 192910.7miWilliam and Tilla Schwahn HouseEau Claire · Built 192810.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Dells Mill’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fall Creek?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fall Creek’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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