The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDeer Creek Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,162. The township was named for a nearby creek of the same name where deer were abundant.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,349 to 2,414 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Deer 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deer Creek’s history is told.
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Deer Creek, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Deer Creek is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Deer Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stumbaugh Post No. 180 GAR Hall in Archie, 5.1 miles away.
Deer Creek and the nearest listed places
Closest to Deer Creek
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.