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History · Kerr Township

34% of Kerr Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1936 on.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Kerr 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 Kerr Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Kerr Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kerr Township.

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Initially called Middle Fork Township, the name was changed in 1861 to Kerr Township, after early settler and township supervisor Samuel Kerr (d. 1854). In 1869, the southern half of the township was transferred to Compromise Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Kerr Township on the map, 1936 to 1984

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

Kerr Township on the 1936 USGS mapKerr Township on the 1957 USGS mapKerr Township on the 1984 USGS map1936Potomac 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 Kerr Township.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Gordon SchoolschoolKuder SchoolschoolMartin SchoolschoolSugar Grove Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kerr Township
ChenowethPattonTomlinson

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Middlefork TownshipIts storyBHarwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCompromise TownshipIts storyB−

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.