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Charles A. Lindbergh House and ParkCharles A. Lindbergh House and Park · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History · Pike Creek Township

22% of Pike Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park, a National Historic Landmark. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park, a National Historic Landmark. Below: maps from 1948 on.

1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pike 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 Pike Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A National Historic Landmark1 place on the National Register, including Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park, a National Historic Landmark.
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Pike Creek Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

place listed
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National Historic Landmark
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Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park
Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park, built 1931★
Buildings★ landmark
★ Landmark
Charles A. Lindbergh House and ParkBuilt 1931

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

The story so far

Pike Creek Township, in brief

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

Pike Creek Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 932 at the 2000 census. Pike Creek Township was organized in 1880, and named after Pike Creek.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 953 in 2010, 958 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Pike Creek Township, 1931 to 1976

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1931BuiltCharles A. Lindbergh House and Park is built
  3. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1976LandmarkCharles A. Lindbergh House and Park named a National Historic Landmark
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On the map

Pike Creek Township on the map, 1948 to 1994

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

Pike Creek Township on the 1948 USGS mapPike Creek Township on the 1950 USGS mapPike Creek Township on the 1978 USGS mapPike Creek Township on the 1994 USGS map1948Little Falls 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 Pike Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pike Creek Township

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

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Brian KobilkaAmerican physiologist · b. 1955
Louise ErdrichAmerican-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's … · b. 1954
Duane BobickAmerican boxer · b. 1950
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Jim LangerAmerican football player · b. 1948
Ben HanowskiIce hockey player from the USA · b. 1990
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Fred ZollnerAmerican industrialist · b. 1901
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Little Falls10 historic placesASwan River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLittle Falls TownshipIts storyC+Darling TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen Prairie Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCuldrum TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFlensburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSobieskiIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pike Creek Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Pike Creek Township?

One place: the Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park (listed 1970).

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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 (1), 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.