On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Silver Creek Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B+
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 124 sits above most of its state (98% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 15 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.4 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. 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.
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 Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,192 at the 2020 census. Minnesota State Highway 61 serves as a main route in the township. Silver Creek Township was organized in 1905.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,138 to 1,192 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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.
1954Two Harbors sheet · 1:250,000
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.
On the National Register
2 listings protect 15 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Silver Creek Township is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns. 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.
What is on the National Register in Silver Creek Township?
Two places: the Bridge No. 3589-Silver Creek Township (listed 1998) and the Gooseberry Falls State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources (1989).
How old are the homes in Silver Creek Township?
6% of Silver Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
