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History · Maple Plain

Maple Plain’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Maple Plain is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 844 at the 2020 census, up from 803 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 803 to 844 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maple Plain yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maple Plain’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Maple Plain

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JPJohn PetersonCumberland · 5 miMolly EngstromMolly EngstromSiren · 17 miDHDavid HansonCumberland · 5 miCharles C. McDonaldCharles C. McDonaldBarron · 16 miBen Hur LampmanBen Hur LampmanBarron · 16 miAZAngelo ZanklAlmena · 12 mi
By decade

Maple Plain, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Maple Plain is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maple Plain has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Mary's Rectory in Cumberland, 5.6 miles away.

Maple Plain and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Maple Plain. Tap a dot.
St. Mary's RectoryCumberland Public LibraryZCBJ HallSeven Pines LodgeGeorge V. Siegner HouseEdward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House

Closest to Maple Plain

St. Mary's RectoryCumberland · Built 19045.6miCumberland Public LibraryCumberland · Built 19065.8miZCBJ HallHaugen · Built 191314.7miSeven Pines LodgeClam Falls · Building15.7miGeorge V. Siegner HouseSpooner · Built 190417.8mi

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. St. Mary's Rectory’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Maple Plain?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Maple Plain’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Roosevelt📜 Cumberland📜 Lakeland📜 Crystal Lake
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