Honey Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Honey Creek, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°44′54″N88°18′28″W / 42.74833°N 88.30778°W / 42.74833; -88.30778
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Walworth
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	53138 [1]
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1566649 [2]

Honey Creek (also Honeycreek) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Spring Prairie, Walworth County, and Rochester, Racine County, both in Wisconsin, United States. ^{[2] [3]} The population is approximately 400.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honey Creek is a small, unincorporated town located 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee. Honey Creek received its name shortly after early settlers arrived because of the hives of bees located along the shores of the small river flowing through the area.

History

The first known non-indigenous settlers in the area were the Hoyts. Gilman Hoyt of Vermont took up a claim in July 1836. He spent most of the summer in Rochester, Wisconsin, then returned in October with Reuben Clark of Michigan. The two men built a hut and wintered on the land. In September 1837, Hoyts' parents, Benjamin and Susan Hayes Hoyt, natives of Deerfield, New Hampshire, came to live in Honey Creek. Two daughters and a son made the journey with them. ^[4]

Soon after the Hoyts' arrival, the town grew in size so that, in the summer of 1838, the first schoolhouse was built in the area, and in 1849, the first church (a Free Will Baptist Church). ^[5]

Notable people

• Ginger Beaumont, early Major League baseball player, lived for many years in Honey Creek. ^[6]

References

1. "Look up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 14, 2022.
2. "Honey Creek, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Honey Creek, Wisconsin
4. "Town of Spring Prairie". Walworth County Genealogical Society. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
5. Earle, Wendell. History of Honey Creek.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
6. Schultz, Chris (September 20, 2007). "A famous resident, nearly forgotten". The Week.

Further reading

• History of Walworth County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources ... its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin ... and an abstract of its laws and constitution ... (1882). Chicago: Western Historical Co.