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History · Twin Creeks

Twin Creeks’ post office opened in 1911

Most of Twin Creeks was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1903 on.

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How Twin Creeks began

When was Twin Creeks founded?

1911

The Twin Creeks post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 164115 years
Founding year: the first Twin Creeks post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Twin Creeks’ 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 Twin Creeks are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19034 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1999. Watch Twin Creeks change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Twin Creeks’s history is told.

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On the map

Twin Creeks on the map, 1903 to 1999

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

Twin Creeks on the 1903 USGS mapTwin Creeks on the 1965 USGS mapTwin Creeks on the 1984 USGS mapTwin Creeks on the 1999 USGS map1903Bonner 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 Twin Creeks.

The story so far

Twin Creeks, in brief

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

Twin Creeks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missoula County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 164.

Its first post office opened in 1911.

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

Timeline

Twin Creeks, 1903 to 1919

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1911Post officeThe Twin Creeks post office opens
  4. 1919Post officeThe Twin Creeks post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Twin Creeks

Nobody well known was born in Twin Creeks itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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David LynchAmerican filmmaker · b. 1946
Brian SchmidtAmerican-born Australian astrophysicist · b. 1967
Jeannette RankinAmerican congresswoman for Montana · b. 1880
Jesse Tyler FergusonAmerican actor · b. 1975
Dana CarveyAmerican comedian · b. 1955
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Jason Lamy-ChappuisFrench Nordic combined skier · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Twin Creeks had its own post office from 1911 to 1919.

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

Questions about Twin Creeks’ history

What year was Twin Creeks founded?

The Twin Creeks post office opened in 1911, 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 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.