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History · Montgomery Creek

Montgomery Creek’s post office opened in 1878, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 2000.

1878first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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How Montgomery Creek began

When was Montgomery Creek founded?

1878

The Montgomery Creek post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Montgomery Ferry (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 96 in 20002020 census: 176148 years
Founding year: the first Montgomery Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Montgomery Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Montgomery Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montgomery Creek’s history is told.

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The story

How Montgomery Creek came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Montgomery Creek.

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In August 1992, the Fountain Fire burned many homes and structures in Montgomery Creek and neighboring Round Mountain. Firefighters were able to save most of the structures in 'downtown' Montgomery Creek.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Montgomery Creek, 1877 to 1956

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Montgomery Ferry post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Montgomery Ferry post office closes
  4. 1878Post officeThe Montgomery Creek post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Montgomery Creek, decade by decade

Today2 recent
A decrepit, no-longer-functioning library in an old gas station in the tiny settlement of Montgomery Creek in Shasta Co…2012A decrepit, no-longer-functioning library in an old g…A decrepit, no-longer-functioning library in an old gas station in the tiny settlement of Montgomery Creek in Shasta Co…2012A decrepit, no-longer-functioning library in an old g…
On the map

Montgomery Creek on the map, 1956 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montgomery Creek. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Montgomery Creek on the 1956 USGS mapMontgomery Creek on the 1990 USGS map1956Montgomery Creek sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Montgomery Creek.

People over time

Montgomery Creek, census by census

010020002020Peak: 176

Between 96 and 176 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Montgomery Creek’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Montgomery Creek

Nobody well known was born in Montgomery Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Megan RapinoeAmerican soccer player · b. 1985
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Jim HanksAmerican actor · b. 1961
Brian Sandoval29th Governor of Nevada and former United State… · b. 1963
Francesca EastwoodAmerican actress · b. 1993
Harold MullerAmerican sportsman · b. 1901
Scott LearyAmerican swimmer · b. 1881
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Montgomery Creek’s post office has been open since 1878. Another post office, Montgomery Ferry, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Montgomery Ferry
1877–1878
Montgomery Creek
1878–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Carroll Sand and Gravel Pitmine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Montgomery Creek
HalcumbHobo Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Round MountainIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Montgomery Creek’s history

What year was Montgomery Creek founded?

The Montgomery Creek post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.