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History · Willow Creek

Willow Creek’s post office opened in 1867, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Stateler Memorial Methodist Church.

1867first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Willow Creek began

When was Willow Creek founded?

1867

The Willow Creek post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 230159 years
Founding year: the first Willow Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Willow Creek

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Stateler Memorial Methodist Church
Stateler Memorial Methodist Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival1
Norman Revival1
All 1 listings
Stateler Memorial Methodist ChurchBuilding · listed 2008

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Willow Creek’s post office has been open since 1867.

Gone or out of use
Church of ChristchurchSpiritualist Churchchurch

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

Questions about Willow Creek’s history

What year was Willow Creek founded?

The Willow Creek post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Willow Creek?

One place: the Stateler Memorial Methodist Church (listed 2008).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.