Honey Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Honey Creek is an unincorporated community located in the town of Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The community was also known as Vienna.^[1]^[2] The population is approximately 400.

History

The first white settlers were the Hoyt family. Gilman Hoyt of Vermont took up a claim in July 1836. He spent most 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.^[3]

Notable people

Ginger Beaumont, early Major League baseball player, lived for many years in Honey Creek.

Notes

References

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.
Chris Schultz, A famous resident, nearly forgotten, The Week Sep. 20, 2007

Municipalities and communities of Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Elkhorn

Cities	Burlington‡ Delavan Elkhorn Lake Geneva Whitewater‡

Villages	Bloomfield Darien East Troy Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Genoa City‡ Mukwonago‡ Sharon Walworth Williams Bay

Towns	Bloomfield Darien Delavan East Troy Geneva La Grange Lafayette Linn Lyons Richmond Sharon Spring Prairie Sugar Creek Troy Walworth Whitewater

CDPs	Como Delavan Lake Lake Ivanhoe Lake Lorraine Lauderdale Lakes Potter Lake Springfield Turtle Lake

Unincorporated communities	Abells Corners Adams Allen's Grove Bardwell Big Foot Prairie‡ Bowers East Delavan Fairfield‡ Heart Prairie Hilburn Honey Creek Honey Lake‡ Inlet La Grange Lake Beulah Lake Como Lake Lawn Lauderdale Lauderdale Shores Linton Little Prairie Lyons Millard North Bloomfield Richmond Spring Prairie Tibbets Troy Troy Center Voree Zenda

Ghost towns	Army Lake Mayhews

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 42°44′54″N 88°18′28″W / 42.74833°N 88.30778°W / 42.74833; -88.30778

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