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History · Deer Creek Township

23% of Deer Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1900.

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23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Deer 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 Deer Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Deer Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Deer Creek Township.

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Deer Creek was platted in 1882, and named after the nearby Deer Creek.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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On the map

Deer Creek Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Deer Creek Township on the 1969 USGS mapDeer Creek Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Township.

People over time

Deer Creek Township, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 405

Between 275 and 405 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Deer Creek Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Leaf Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCompton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInman 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.