How Beavercreek began, and where its name came from
When was Beavercreek founded?
1892
The Beavercreek post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Mink (1886), Beaver Creek (1892) and Shubel (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,727134 years
How did Beavercreek get its name?
Beavercreek was named for the creek that flows through the community and into the Willamette River.
More on the name
A post office operated under various names in the locality until 1922, when the name was changed to Beavercreek, the form still used today.
How historic is Beavercreek?
C
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Beavercreek is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #90 of 142 in Oregon. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Beavercreek’s overall grade.
Oregon towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oregon town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Beavercreek’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oregon towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Beavercreek’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
According to Oregon Geographic Names, the name "Beaver Creek" was first used for a school district in this area in the early 1850s. It was named for the creek that flows through the community and into the Willamette River. A post office operated under various names in the locality until 1922, when the name was changed to Beavercreek, the form still used today. Beavercreek's ZIP code is 97004.
The Beavercreek post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Beavercreek rank for history?
Beavercreek is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #90 of 142 in Oregon. 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 Beavercreek?
9% of Beavercreek’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.7 points), against a typical 5.3% for an Oregon town; the median home was built in 1977.
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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
