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History · McGee Creek

McGee Creek’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of McGee Creek. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

McGee Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mono County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community was 45.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 41 to 45 (+10%).

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McGee Creek yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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McGee Creek, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today11 photos
TreelandCommonsTreeland2009Tent PanoramaCommonsTent Panorama2009Standing In A FieldCommonsStanding In A Field2009Snowy RidgeCommonsSnowy Ridge2009Snow BreakCommonsSnow Break2009Rocky VeinsCommonsRocky Veins2009Rocky PanoramaCommonsRocky Panorama2009Our StreamCommonsOur Stream2009Our RouteCommonsOur Route2009High SierrasCommonsHigh Sierras2009A Cold DinnerCommonsA Cold Dinner2009
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in McGee Creek is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean McGee Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Devils Postpile National Monument Ranger Cabin in Mammoth Lakes, 16.6 miles away.

McGee Creek and the nearest listed places

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Devils Postpile National Monument Ranger Cabin

Closest to McGee Creek

Devils Postpile National Monument Ranger CabinMammoth Lakes · Building16.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Devils Postpile National Monument Ranger Cabin’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in McGee Creek?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to McGee Creek’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Mammoth Lakes📜 Bishop

From Wikimedia Commons (11). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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