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History · Cream Ridge Township

24% of Cream Ridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1921 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cream Ridge Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Cream Ridge Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cream Ridge 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.

Farmersville
1867–1901
Niantic
1888–1894
Hazelhurst
1898–1900
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FarmersvilleNiantic
Gone or out of use
American Bottoms SchoolschoolBlack Hills SchoolschoolCenter SchoolschoolHazelhurst SchoolschoolSmith SchoolschoolWard Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cream Ridge 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

Cream Ridge Township, in brief

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

Cream Ridge is an extinct town in Livingston County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Cream Ridge was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1893. The community most likely took its name from Cream Ridge Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 524 to 499 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Cream Ridge Township, 1867 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Farmersville post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Niantic post office opens
  4. 1894Post officeThe Niantic post office closes
  5. 1898Post officeThe Hazelhurst post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Hazelhurst post office closes
  8. 1901Post officeThe Farmersville post office closes
  9. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Cream Ridge Township on the map, 1921 to 1984

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

Cream Ridge Township on the 1921 USGS mapCream Ridge Township on the 1984 USGS map1921Chillicothe 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 Cream Ridge Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cream Ridge Township

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

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Martha ScottAmerican actress · b. 1912
Clyde TolsonAssociate director of the FBI · b. 1900
Courtney W. CampbellAmerican politician · b. 1895
Enoch Herbert CrowderAmerican diplomat · b. 1859
Jerry LittonAmerican politician · b. 1937
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Shirley Collie NelsonAmerican singer/songwriter · b. 1931
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMedicine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChillicothe Township4 historic placesnot 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.