Half of Spring Creek’s homes were built after 1997
More historic than 7% of U.S. towns · #29 of 42 in Nevada. What drives it
Most of Spring Creek was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1990.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Spring Creek is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #29 of 42 in Nevada. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Spring Creek’s overall grade.
Few Nevada towns list much on the Register (a typical Nevada town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Spring Creek’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Nevada towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.2 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Spring Creek’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Spring Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Spring Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Elko County, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. It mainly serves as a bedroom community for the businesses and industries in and around the nearby city of Elko. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Spring Creek had a population of 14,967.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 12,361 to 14,967 (+21%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Spring Creek, 1884 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Spring Creek is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #29 of 42 in Nevada. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Spring Creek?
0.1% of Spring Creek’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.3% for a Nevada town; the median home was built in 1997.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.
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