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History · Center Creek Township

39% of Center Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Center 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 Center Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Center Creek Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The story so far

Center Creek Township, in brief

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

Center Creek Township is a township in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census. This township took its name from Center Creek.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 217 in 2010, 217 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Center Creek Township, 1865 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865Post officeThe Centre Creek post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Centre Creek post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Center Creek Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Center Creek Township on the 1967 USGS mapCenter Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Granada sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Center Creek Township

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

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Jim HagedornU.S. Representative from Minnesota · b. 1962
Arlen ErdahlAmerican politician · b. 1931
Tom HagedornAmerican politician · b. 1943
Buddy WolfeAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1941
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Donald DeskeyAmerican industrial designer · b. 1894
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Allen Walker ReadAmerican linguist · b. 1906
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Centre Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Center Creek Township
Center Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Nashville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRutland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVerona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Prairie 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, 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.