Photo courtesy of Spring Creek Township An undated image of Spring Creek, likely 19th century given the lack of automobiles and electric lines. 2021 marks the township’s bicentennial and a celebration is set for Sunday at the township building from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

James Monroe was sworn in for a second term.

Missouri was admitted as the 24th state and the United States took possession of one of its purchases — Florida.

Clara Barton was born and Napoleon died.

All of that took place in 1821.

That was also the year that Spring Creek Township was born.

And on Sunday the township is holding a bicentennial celebration set for 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the township building at the intersection of Hyde Rd. and Old Route 77.

The event will include food provided by Miracle Mountain Ranch, games, historical displays, vendors and raffles as well as the ability to check out township and fire department equipment.

“We all thought we should do something,” Jeffrey Thomas, the township’s secretary/treasurer explained.

A core group of people have been working on the event for a few months.

“There’s a lot of history in Spring Creek.”

From Robert H. Jackson to Little Africa and Moon Mullins, Thomas said this planning process has helped pull many of the township’s historical elements together.

Thomas said State Senator Michele Brooks and State Representative Kathy Rapp plan to attend along with the Warren County Historical Society and the Robert H. Jackson Center.

“There will also be books and souvenirs for sale,” he said. “The main attraction… will be a model of the village depicting the buildings that were there around 1910.”

Warren County was just two years as an independent entity when the process that created Spring Creek Township was undertaken in 1821. The court took two townships — Brokenstraw and Conewango — and split them up, officially organizing Spring Creek, Sugar Grove, Pine Grove, Kinzua and Deerfield all at the same time.

Borders wouldn’t settle for decades though as records indicate border challenges into the 1840s.

By judicial decree what had been known just as a theoretical “Number Two” became Spring Creek Township.

The event has been supported entirely by the community — the township is home to roughly 800 residents.

Thomas said it is “all made by donations and sponsors. The township doesn’t have anything in it.”

Any proceeds raised from Sunday’s event, he said, will go towards continuing the work of the Spring Creek Playground Association.