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History · Salt Creek Township

Half of Salt Creek Township’s homes were built after 1994

Most of Salt Creek Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Salt Creek Township’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 Salt Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Salt Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salt Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Houston
1850–1911
Findley's Mills
1863–1870
Maumee
1880–1928
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HoustonMaumee
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salt Creek Township
CallahanCornettCummingsHannerLutesRobertsonThompson

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

The story so far

Salt Creek Township, in brief

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

Salt Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 299 and it contained 153 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 344 to 299 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Salt Creek Township, 1850 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Houston post office opens
  3. 1863Post officeThe Findley's Mills post office opens
  4. 1870Post officeThe Findley's Mills post office closes
  5. 1880Post officeThe Maumee post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1911Post officeThe Houston post office closes
  8. 1928Post officeThe Maumee post office closes
  9. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Salt Creek Township on the map in 1956

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Salt Creek Township.

Salt Creek Township on the 1956 USGS map1956Story sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Salt Creek Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,538

Between 279 and 2,538 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Salt Creek Township

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

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Damon BaileyAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1971
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Cal CollinsAmerican musician · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pershing Township1 historic placeBPolk TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVan Buren Township2 historic placesB+Owen TownshipIts storyCPleasant Run TownshipIts storyC

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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.