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History · Mission Creek Township

Mission Creek Township’s post office opened in 1862

Most of Mission Creek Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1885 on.

1862first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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How Mission Creek Township began

When was Mission Creek Township founded?

1862

The Mission Creek Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Mission Creek (1862), Grant (1870) and Rockton (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 485164 years
Founding year: the first Mission Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mission 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 Mission Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18854 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1983. Watch Mission Creek Township change.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mission Creek Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mission Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Mission Creek Township on the map, 1885 to 1983

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

Mission Creek Township on the 1885 USGS mapMission Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapMission Creek Township on the 1971 USGS mapMission Creek Township on the 1983 USGS map1885Eskridge 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 Mission Creek Township.

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.

Mission Creek
1862–1886
Grant
1870–1875
Rockton
1873–1886
Keene
1877–1901
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Keene
Gone or out of use
Mission CreeklocaleRocktonlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mission Creek Township
KeeneMission View

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

The story so far

Mission Creek Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1862. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 496 to 485 (-2%).

Timeline

Mission Creek Township, 1862 to 1886

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Mission Creek post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Grant post office opens
  4. 1873Post officeThe Rockton post office opens
  5. 1875Post officeThe Grant post office closes
  6. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1886Post officeThe Mission Creek post office closes
  8. 1886Post officeThe Rockton post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mill Creek Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple Hill TownshipIts storyC+Plumb TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAuburn Township3 historic placesC+Wilmington Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDover Township3 historic placesBNewbury Township3 historic placesA−

Questions about Mission Creek Township’s history

What year was Mission Creek Township founded?

The Mission Creek Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.