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History · Clear Creek Township

Half of Clear Creek Township’s homes were built after 1994

Most of Clear Creek Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clear 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 Clear Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clear Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clear Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Goodrick
1883–1890
Portia
1894–1903
Dederick
1909–1957
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DederickOak RidgePortia
Gone or out of use
Dederick SchoolschoolFly Creek SchoolschoolLowe SchoolschoolMobley SchoolschoolOak Ridge SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clear Creek Township
Mount PleasantMount Vernon

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

The story so far

Clear Creek Township, in brief

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

Clear Creek Township is a township in Vernon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Clear Creek Township was erected in the 1860s, taking its name from Clear Creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 645 to 556 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Clear Creek Township, 1883 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Goodrick post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Goodrick post office closes
  4. 1894Post officeThe Portia post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Portia post office closes
  7. 1909Post officeThe Dederick post office opens
  8. 1957Post officeThe Dederick post office closes
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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.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Clear Creek Township

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

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John HustonAmerican film director, screenwriter, and actor · b. 1906
Eva BowringAmerican politician · b. 1892
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C. Jay CoxAmerican screenwriter and director · b. 1962
Kimbrough StoneUnited States federal judge · b. 1875
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Eugene MacCownAmerican painter, pianist, writer and translator · b. 1898
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Floyd WooldridgeBaseball player · b. 1928
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Walker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVirgil TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBacon 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 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.