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History · Yellow Creek Township

24% of Yellow Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Yellow Creek Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Yellow Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Yellow Creek Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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The story so far

Yellow Creek Township, in brief

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

Yellow Creek Township is a township in southern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The township is named after the stream called Yellow Creek, a tributary of the Grand River.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 387 to 362 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Yellow Creek Township, 1859 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1859Post officeThe Saint Catherine post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1993Post officeThe Saint Catherine 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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On the map

Yellow Creek Township on the map, 1949 to 1979

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

Yellow Creek Township on the 1949 USGS mapYellow Creek Township on the 1950 USGS mapYellow Creek Township on the 1979 USGS map1949Bucklin 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 Yellow Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Yellow Creek Township

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

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John J. PershingUnited States Army general in World War I · b. 1860
Lewis R. FosterScreenwriter, director, producer, television co… · b. 1898
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Doris AkersAmerican music composer, arranger and singer · b. 1923
Don PrattRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1892
Dorothy C. StrattonProfessor and dean, director of United States C… · b. 1899
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Frances V. RummellEducator and columnist · b. 1907
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Saint Catherine, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Catharine
Gone or out of use
Saint Catherine Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Yellow Creek Township
Pleasant View Baptist

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bucklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarceline Township4 historic placesBLocust Creek Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBaker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrantsville 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.