Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1902 on, and the census since 1880.
Creekside dates its founding to 1854 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Creekside’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Creekside yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Creekside is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 284 at the 2020 census.
Creekside was established in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 309 to 288 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Creekside. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Creekside.
Passages that mention Creekside, cut from the printed page as they were published.
In 1905 he embarked in the butcher business at Creekside, which he has carried on ever since with gratifying results. He handles a varied assortment of fresh and smoked meats, and his prices and the quality of his goods have gained him creditable confidence and patronage among the people of Creekside.
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thence to Pocahontas. Va., and after a few years there went to DuBois. Pa., which continued to be his home until he located at Creekside, several years ago. During all of this period, and for some time after coming to Creekside, he continued to work in the mines, eventually embarking in his present business. He now conducts a thriving gen-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveMine portal with ponies. S. C. Streams Black Diamond Mine, Creekside, Indiana County, Pen…One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Creekside’s page.
Retake this view · +15Peaked at 668 in 1920; 288 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Creekside’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Creekside itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1854, according to Wikidata. Creekside’s post office opened in 1870, and the census of 1880 counted 50 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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