Houston Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery.
How Houston Township began
When was Houston Township founded?
The Houston Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Houston (1838), Big Neck (1849) and York Neck (1862), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
1 historic place in Houston Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Houston Township
Nobody well known was born in Houston Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Houston Township’s history
What year was Houston Township founded?
The Houston Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Houston Township?
One place: the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery (listed 1984).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.