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History · Prairie Creek Township

Prairie Creek Township’s post office opened in 1875, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on.

1875first post office
0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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How Prairie Creek Township began

When was Prairie Creek Township founded?

1875

The Prairie Creek Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Prairie Creek (1875) and Worms (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 354151 years
Founding year: the first Prairie Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Prairie 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 Prairie Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1985. Watch Prairie Creek Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Prairie Creek Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Prairie Creek Township’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Prairie Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Prairie Creek Township on the map, 1899 to 1985

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

Prairie Creek Township on the 1899 USGS mapPrairie Creek Township on the 1962 USGS mapPrairie Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1899St Paul 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 Prairie Creek Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Prairie Creek
1875–1880
Worms
1897–1902
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Worms
Gone or out of use
Worms Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Prairie Creek Township
Prairie Creek

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

The story so far

Prairie Creek Township, in brief

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

Prairie Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 328 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 327.

Its first post office opened in 1875. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 348 in 2010, 354 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Prairie Creek Township, 1875 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Prairie Creek post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Prairie Creek post office closes
  4. 1897Post officeThe Worms post office opens
  5. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Worms post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Prairie Creek Township

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

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Henry FondaAmerican actor · b. 1905
Evan WilliamsAmerican technology entrepreneur · b. 1972
Edith AbbottAmerican economist · b. 1876
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J. P. GuilfordAmerican psychologist · b. 1897
George BairdAthletics competitor · b. 1907
Grace AbbottSocial worker · b. 1878
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Loup TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLone Tree Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChapman Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Prairie Creek Township’s history

What year was Prairie Creek Township founded?

The Prairie Creek Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.