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History · Creek Township

Creek Township dates to 1858, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1930.

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How Creek Township began

When was Creek Township founded?

1858

Creek Township dates its founding to 1858 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 907 in 19302020 census: 479168 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.

What stands out about Creek Township’s past

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

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The story so far

Creek Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Creek Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Creek Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 479 and it contained 203 housing units. The township contains the east half of Weldon Springs State Park.

Creek Township was established in 1858. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 471 in 2010, 479 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Creek Township, 1858 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858
    FoundingCreek Township is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe Lane post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Creek Township on the map, 1957 to 1979

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

Creek Township on the 1957 USGS mapCreek Township on the 1979 USGS map1957Maroa 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 Creek Township.

People over time

Creek Township, census by census

02004006008001,00019401960198020002020Peak: 907

Between 363 and 907 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lane
Gone or out of use
Center ChapelchurchCentral SchoolschoolCox Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Creek Township
LisenbyRose

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.

Texas TownshipIts storyC+Nixon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarp TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDe Witt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Creek Township’s history

What year was Creek Township founded?

In 1858, according to Wikidata. Creek Township’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1930 counted 907 people here.

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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 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.