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History · Big Creek Township

26% of Big Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Big Creek Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Big Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Big Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18854 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1983. Watch Big Creek Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Norris Fork
1852–1882
Carrsville
1872–1881
Petersburgh
1881–1902
Norris
1882–1902
Maurine
1885–1909
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MaurineNorrisPetersburg
Gone or out of use
Agricola SchoolschoolCompromise SchoolschoolCornett SchoolschoolLandislocaleNorris SchoolschoolVictor Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Big Creek Township
BlairstownCarrsvilleMorganNorrisPaulSalem

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Big Creek Township on the map, 1885 to 1983

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

Big Creek Township on the 1885 USGS mapBig Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapBig Creek Township on the 1955 USGS mapBig Creek Township on the 1983 USGS map1885Warrensburg sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Big Creek Township.

The story so far

Big Creek Township, in brief

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

Big Creek Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Big Creek Township takes its name from Big Creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 272 to 255 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Big Creek Township, 1852 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Norris Fork post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Carrsville post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Carrsville post office closes
  5. 1881Post officeThe Petersburgh post office opens
  6. 1882Post officeThe Norris Fork post office closes
  7. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1902Post officeThe Petersburgh post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Shawnee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBogard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoney Creek 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 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.