The Silver Creek Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Bianca (1858), Lund (1887) and Hasty (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,559170 years
How historic is Silver Creek Township?
C
More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Silver Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Silver Creek Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Silver Creek Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #173 of 273 in Minnesota. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Silver Creek Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Silver Creek Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Silver Creek Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Silver Creek
1856–today
Bianca
1858–1864
Lund
1887–1888
Hasty
1888–1954
Enfield
1910–1954
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EnfieldHastySilver Creek
Gone or out of use
Enfield Post Officepost officeHastylocaleHasty Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Silver Creek Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Silver Creek Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Silver Creek Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Silver Creek Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,332 at the 2000 census. It contains the census-designated place of Silver Creek.
Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,335 to 2,559 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Silver Creek Township, 1856 to 1961
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Silver Creek Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1961Silver 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 Silver Creek Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Silver Creek Township
Nobody well known was born in Silver Creek Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Silver Creek Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Silver Creek Township rank for history?
Silver Creek Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #173 of 273 in Minnesota. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Silver Creek Township?
11% of Silver Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.0 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1981.
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).
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.
