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History · Yellow Creek Township

Yellow Creek Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Yellow Creek Township began

When was Yellow Creek Township founded?

1838

The Yellow Creek Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Yellow Creek (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 294188 years
Founding year: the first Yellow Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Yellow 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 Yellow Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Yellow Creek Township.Old housesHalf of Yellow Creek Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yellow Creek Township’s history is told.

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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 Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Yellow Creek Township was established in 1840, and named after the Yellow Creek.

Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 369 to 294 (-20%).

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.

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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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Roberta FulbrightAmerican journalist, newspaper editor, business… · b. 1874
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Bayard Hilton FaulknerMayor of Montclair, New Jersey · b. 1894
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J. D. BarnettAmerican basketball coach · b. 1944
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Noel ShullMissouri representative and member of the Repub… · b. 1942
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Yellow Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Eastman SchoolschoolSmith Center Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Yellow Creek Township
Redding

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.

Cunningham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarceline Township4 historic placesBMendon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Yellow Creek Township’s history

What year was Yellow Creek Township founded?

The Yellow Creek Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.