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History · Cedar Creek

Cedar Creek dates to 1865

Most of Cedar Creek was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1970.

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How Cedar Creek began

When was Cedar Creek founded?

1865

Cedar Creek dates its founding to 1865 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 119 in 19702020 census: 465161 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1872.The full story ↓

What stands out about Cedar Creek’s past

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

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The story

How Cedar Creek came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cedar Creek.

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Cedar Creek was founded in 1865, and grew slowly until the railroad was built through the settlement in 1870. The town took its name from Cedar Creek, which flows past the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cedar Creek, 1865 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865
    FoundingCedar Creek is established
  3. 1872Post officeThe Cedar Creek post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cedar Creek, decade by decade

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On the map

Cedar Creek on the map, 1956 to 1983

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

Cedar Creek on the 1956 USGS mapCedar Creek on the 1969 USGS mapCedar Creek on the 1975 USGS mapCedar Creek on the 1983 USGS map1956Cedar Creek 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.

People over time

Cedar Creek, census by census

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Grew from 119 people in 1970 to 465 in 2020, 3 times over.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cedar Creek’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cedar Creek

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

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Marlon BrandoAmerican actor · b. 1924
Warren BuffettAmerican investor, entrepreneur and businessman · b. 1930
Malcolm XAmerican Black rights activist · b. 1925
Fred AstaireAmerican dancer, choreographer, actor, and sing… · b. 1899
Nick NolteAmerican actor · b. 1941
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Andy RoddickAmerican tennis player · b. 1982
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Cedar Creek’s post office has been open since 1872.

Gone or out of use
Cedar Creek Schoolschool

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

Questions about Cedar Creek’s history

What year was Cedar Creek founded?

In 1865, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Cedar Creek’s post office opened in 1872, and the census of 1970 counted 119 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.