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History · Eagle Point Township

Eagle Point Township’s post office opened in 1848, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on.

1848first post office
0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5
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How Eagle Point Township began

When was Eagle Point Township founded?

1848

The Eagle Point Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Eagle Point (1848) and Barclay (1851), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 183178 years
Founding year: the first Eagle Point Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eagle Point Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Point Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle Point Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Eagle Point Township’s homes were built before 1954.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Eagle Point Township.
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Start Eagle Point Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Point Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eagle Point
1848–1900
Barclay
1851–1864
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Eagle Point
Gone or out of use
Barcley SchoolschoolDonaldson Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagle Point Township
Brick ChurchEagle PointNicholsWebster

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Eagle Point Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eagle Point Township.

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Eagle Point Township was formed in September 1869 from a portion of Buffalo Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eagle Point Township, 1848 to 1946

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Eagle Point post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe Barclay post office opens
  4. 1864Post officeThe Barclay post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Eagle Point post office closes
  7. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Eagle Point Township on the map, 1946 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle Point Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Eagle Point Township on the 1946 USGS mapEagle Point Township on the 1983 USGS map1946Sterling sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagle Point Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Point Township

Nobody well known was born in Eagle Point Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mary Frances Winston NewsonAmerican mathematician · b. 1869
Ralph Waldo TrineAmerican author · b. 1866
George PeekAmerican economist · b. 1873
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George Perkins ClintonAmerican plant pathologist · b. 1867
Charles S. LobingierAmerican jurist and judge · b. 1866
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Bob BrackenAmerican football player · b. 1885
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Buffalo Township9 historic placesA+Elkhorn Grove Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJordan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eagle Point Township’s history

What year was Eagle Point Township founded?

The Eagle Point Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.