Did the Ingalls family really live in Walnut Grove?

In the television show Little House on the Prairie, the majority of the television show takes place in the small pioneer town of Walnut Grove. But did the real Ingalls family also live in Walnut Grove?

Walnut Grove is a real town in Minnesota, and the real Laura Ingalls Wilder and the rest of her family did line in the real Walnut Grove for several years while she was younger. This is where the real Plum Creek, from the title of the book On the Banks of Plum Creek was.

You can visit the real Walnut Grove today where you can visit the many locations made famous from the Little House books, including a replica dugout.