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History · Plum Creek Township

82% of Plum Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Cather Farm and the Abram Click Farmstead. Below: maps from 1894 on.

2on the National Register
82%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Plum 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 Plum Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Plum Creek Township change.Old housesHalf of Plum Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plum Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Plum Creek Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Plum Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapPlum Creek Township on the 1962 USGS mapPlum Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Mankato 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 Plum Creek Township.

The story so far

Plum Creek Township, in brief

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

Plum Creek Township is a township in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 108.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 105 to 108 (+3%).

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

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

2 historic places in Plum Creek Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
Cather Farm
Cather FarmAbram Click Farmstead
Buildings
Cather FarmBuilding
Abram Click FarmsteadBuilding

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

Places that used to be

Old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Gilbert

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.

Beloit5 historic placesB+Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeloit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSolomon Rapids Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Plum Creek Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Plum Creek Township?

Two places: the Cather Farm (listed 2007) and the Abram Click Farmstead (2013).

Memory lane

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.