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History · Clear Creek Township

Clear Creek Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Bethel School, the Island Field Ranch House and the Amelia Park Bridge. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1867first post office
3on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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How Clear Creek Township began

When was Clear Creek Township founded?

1867

The Clear Creek Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Clear Creek (1867), Antelope (1870) and Bethel (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 450159 years
Founding year: the first Clear Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clear 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 Clear Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clear Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Clear Creek Township change.Old housesHalf of Clear Creek Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clear Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Clear Creek
1867–1867
Antelope
1870–1983
Bethel
1870–1883
Pilsen
1917–1957
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AntelopePilsen
Gone or out of use
Beauty of the West SchoolschoolBethel SchoolschoolCross SchoolschoolEast Creek SchoolschoolLost Creek Oil and Gas FieldoilfieldOliver SchoolschoolSmith SchoolschoolSymes Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clear Creek Township
HartkeLincolnvilleSaint John Nepomucene Catholic

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

On the map

Clear Creek Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Clear Creek Township on the 1898 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1971 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Cottonwood Falls sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Clear Creek Township, in brief

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

Clear Creek Township is a township in Marion County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 450, including the city of Lincolnville, and unincorporated communities of Antelope and the eastern side of Pilsen.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 548 to 450 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Clear Creek Township, 1867 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Clear Creek post office opens
  3. 1867Post officeThe Clear Creek post office closes
  4. 1870Post officeThe Antelope post office opens
  5. 1870Post officeThe Bethel post office opens
  6. 1883Post officeThe Bethel post office closes
  7. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1983Post officeThe Antelope post office closes
By decade

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 National Register

3 historic places in Clear Creek Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Bethel School
Bethel SchoolIsland Field Ranch HouseAmelia Park Bridge
BuildingsStructures
Bethel SchoolBuilding
Island Field Ranch HouseBuilding
Amelia Park BridgeStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clear Creek Township

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

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Emil KapaunKorean War US Army chaplain, POW, Medal of Hono… · b. 1916
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Fay MoultonAthletics and American football competitor · b. 1876
Lyle TayoAmerican actress · b. 1889
Randolph CarpenterAmerican politician · b. 1894
Homer HochAmerican politician · b. 1879
Lloyd MetzlerAmerican economist · b. 1913
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Centre Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDiamond Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clear Creek Township’s history

What year was Clear Creek Township founded?

The Clear Creek Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Clear Creek Township?

Three places: the Bethel School (listed 1987), the Island Field Ranch House (1995) and the Amelia Park Bridge (2004).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.