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History · Spring Creek Township

13% of Spring Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

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

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

Arroyo
1858–1929
Lake City
1862–1866
Carman
1883–1890
Hallton
1883–1974
Portland Mills
1890–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArroyoBeuhler CornerCarmanCroylandHalltonLake CityPortland Mills
Gone or out of use
CCC CamplocaleSpring Creek Gas Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spring Creek Township
Lake CityMaxwell Run

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Highland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillstone Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidgway Township2 historic placesA−Horton TownshipIts storyC+

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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 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.