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. 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). ==Notable people==