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History · Mission Creek Township

Mission Creek Township’s post office opened in 1876, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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How Mission Creek Township began

When was Mission Creek Township founded?

1876

The Mission Creek Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mission Creek (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 539150 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mission Creek Township’s history is told.

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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.

Mission Creek is an unincorporated community in Mission Creek Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located between Hinckley and Beroun along Pine County 61. The center of Mission Creek is generally considered at the junction of Pine County 61 with Tie Road, and Railroad Lane; located in the northern portion of Mission Creek Township (population 635). Mission Creek flows through the area. Nearby places include Hinckley, Beroun, and Brook Park. Mission Creek is located three miles south of Hinckley and five miles north of Beroun. Mission Creek is six miles east-northeast of Brook Park. Also nearby is the junction of Interstate 35, State Highway 23 (MN 23), and Pin…

Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 635 to 539 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Mission Creek Township, 1876 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Mission Creek post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Beroun post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909Post officeThe Mission Creek post office closes
  6. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Mission Creek Township on the map, 1961 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 1961 USGS mapMission Creek Township on the 1983 USGS map1961Pine City sheet · 1:62,500

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.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mission Creek Township

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

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John Monk SaundersScreenwriter, novelist, film director · b. 1897
Gladys NordenstromAmerican composer · b. 1924
Rube WalbergAmerican baseball player · b. 1896
Leo ChenalAmerican football player · b. 2000
Dan SeversonAmerican politician · b. 1954
Gus JohnsonAmerican YouTube comedian and podcast host · b. 1995
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Mission Creek
1876–1909
Beroun
1895–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BerounMission Creek
Gone or out of use
Pavek Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mission Creek Township
Mission CreekSaint Joseph

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.

Brook Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHinckley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMunch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mission Creek Township’s history

What year was Mission Creek Township founded?

The Mission Creek Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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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.