The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusParson Creek Township is a township in southwestern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The township is named after the stream called Parson Creek, a tributary of the Grand River.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 856 to 783 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Parson 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.
Start Parson Creek’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parson Creek’s history is told.
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Parson Creek, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Parson Creek is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Parson Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Locust Creek Covered Bridge in Jefferson, 3.6 miles away.
Parson Creek and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.