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History · Cedar Creek Township

Half of Cedar Creek Township’s homes were built after 2003

Most of Cedar Creek Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1973 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940

What stands out about Cedar Creek Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Creek Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cedar Creek Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 25 to 16 (-36%).

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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

Cedar Creek Township on the map, 1973 to 1980

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

Cedar Creek Township on the 1973 USGS mapCedar Creek Township on the 1980 USGS map1973Cedar Lake 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 Cedar Creek Township.

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History across the town line

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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 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.