Deer Creek in Carroll County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Deer Creek High School
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Deer Creek Crickets
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 3, 2023
1. Deer Creek High School side of the marker
Deer Creek High School. Deer Creek, Indiana. Washington Township of Carroll County, Indiana provided a quality education for the Deer Creek High School students and the North Central Elementary School students until closing in 1958. Deer Creek School became an elementary school during the 1958-1959 school year. The Deer Creek teams were known as the Crickets.
Deer Creek Crickets. The Deer Creek Cricket High School Basketball Teams played from 1909 until 1958. For the last 28 years, the Crickets didn't have a home gym. The 1936-1937 Deer Creek Crickets had a 19-0 undefeated regular season which earned the team the name "gym-less wonders of Carroll County." The same team is the only undefeated team to lose to a winless team in Indiana boys basketball sectional history.
Erected by Deer Creek Alumni Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1958.
Location. 40° 37.049′ N, 86° 23.461′ W. Marker is in Deer Creek, Indiana, in Carroll County. It is on Michigan Street (Indiana Route 29) north of Baltimore Street, on the
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Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana and specifically in Central Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Patriot Burials (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Sycamore Row (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fouts Soyland Farm / American Soybean Association (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jackson Township Schools and Gymnasium (approx. 7.7 miles away); Camden / Jackson Township (approx. 7.9 miles away); Andrew Thomas House (approx. 7.9 miles away); Flora War Memorials (approx. 8.1 miles away); Old Flora Cemetery (approx. 8.2 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. Sycamore Row (was
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 3, 2023
2. Deer Creek Crickets side of marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 3, 2023
3. Deer Creek High School Arch
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 3, 2023
4. Deer Creek High School Cornerstone
Under the arch.
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 3, 2023
5. Deer Creek Community Center
Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 823 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
