The oldest remains that have been found in the village belong to a Roman village from the 2nd. and 3rd. centuries. They are in the area known as "La Clota", between the national road and the beach. In the littoral side of the water there were found some pieces of ceramics, lead, stone and other tools.

The first documents talking about Creixell date from the 11th. century. It appears a place called "Lloc de les Morisques" which belongs to the township nowadays. Relative to Creixell, we have found some references from the end of that century. It appeared again in many documents of donation and sales, until the Archbishop of Barcelona Ramon de Castellvell, in 1190, gave a Population permit to the people who wanted to live in the village of Creixell.

The census of 1365-1370 announced the ownerships of the Monastery of Sant Pere de Caserres (in the Osona County), between which it was the village of Creixell. It is supposed that the domain could be shared, because in 1381 the Infant Joan sold the jurisdiction of the Castles of Creixell, Roda and Berà to the Monastery of Caserres, which was the absolute owner from then on.

In the 16th. century, most of the villages of El Tarragonès developed an intense vitality and activity due to the presence of La Comuna del Camp. However, there were many attacks from the pirates and some plagues that affected these villages. There was a demographic increase due to the entrance of many French people in this area. At the end of the century, the domain of the "Señorío de Creixell" went to hands of the Compañía de Jesús, after the Priorat de Caserres and the Jesuits had announced the "Ordinations de Creixell" in 1646.

During the "Guerra dels Segadors" the village was sacked and robbed by the soldiers. It supported the Archiduque Carlos during the "Guerra de Successió", as many villages of "La Comuna" did, and contributed to the war with some soldiers and quantities of money.

During the 18th. century, Creixell became a part of the "Corregiment de Tarragona", and as in all the villages of the country, there was a strong demographic and economic decrease. In 1767, after the Jesuits were expulsed, the jurisdiction of the village went to the hands of the crown, which sold it to Salvador de Marc. He and his descendants governed the "Señorío de Creixell and Roda" until the manor rights were abolished.

The "Guerra del Francès" did not affect the village very much. Nevertheless, it received some of the consequences of the situation, and experienced an important economic recession which was difficult to pass over.

During the 19th. century, the Carlinas fights divided the village at the time that it started to recover from the recession until the philloxera crisis impacted in it.

In the 20th. century, after the Civil War in 1936, the emigration was important. In the decade of the sixties, the tourist phenomena completely changed the life of Creixell.

The village celebrates its Minor Major Feast on the 25th. of July, in honour to Sant Jaume. The other Major Feast takes place in Creixell on the third Sunday of September, in honour to the Santíssim Sacrament. This later feast is also known as "La Minerva", due to the presence of "La Cofraria of La Minerva".

The parish church was built in the 16th. century, in honour to Sant Jaume. It is a Gothic building, and it has a belfry that was built around 1771, following the designs of the architect Jujol.

The Castle has a squared floor. From its first construction (11th. and 12th. centuries), it only conserves the "talús". The building was constructed between the 16th. and 17th. centuries and modified in the 19th. century.

There are some interesting "Masies" within the township. The most famous is "Cal Mercader". It was built at the beginning of the 18th. century, but after then it had some reformations done, and is fairly damaged nowadays. Inside the "Clos de Mas Mercader" it is the Chapel of Santa Teresa. It is a Classical building, pretty well conserved.

The Hermitage of la Mare de Dèu de Fàtima was built in 1952.

- Llorach i Santis, Salvador.- "Creixell. Visió general d'un poble del Tarragonés".- Creixell : Ajuntament, 1987

- "Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya".