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History · Clear Creek Township

56% of Clear Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clear Creek Township’s past

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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.On the map since 18944 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Clear Creek Township change.Old housesHalf of Clear Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Clear Creek Township on the map, 1894 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 1894 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1957 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1979 USGS mapClear Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 82 to 101 (+23%).

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

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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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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Summit Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clear Creek Township
Clear CreekKanopolis

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.

Empire TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEllsworth Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarneiro TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKanopolis2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.