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History · Rose Creek Township

61% of Rose Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

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Where Rose Creek Township’s name came from

How did Rose Creek Township get its name?

Rose Creek Township takes its name from Rose Creek, which flows through the northeastern section of the township.

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What stands out about Rose Creek Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rose Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Rose Creek Township change.Old housesHalf of Rose Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Rose Creek Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Rose Creek Township on the 1892 USGS mapRose Creek Township on the 1968 USGS mapRose Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Concordia 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 Rose Creek Township.

The story

How Rose Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rose Creek Township.

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Rose Creek Township was formed in 1871 and was made partially of parts of Farmington Township. The township is home to the extinct town of Ida, whose post office opened in 1873. Ida was originally known as Royseville until 1876. The expansion of railways into communities near Ida caused the town to decline, eventually closing its post office in 1885.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Rose Creek Township

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

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Nick HagueAmerican astronaut and space force officer · b. 1975
Ken DarbyAmerican composer · b. 1909
Robert GordonAmerican silent film actor · b. 1895
Maxine GatesActress · b. 1917
Philip MeyerAmerican journalist and scholar · b. 1930
Edwin Bayer BransonAmerican geologist and paleontologist · b. 1877
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rose Creek Township
HubbellIdaRose Creek

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.

Albion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty 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 Wikipedia, 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.