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History · Lee Township

29% of Lee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Babylon Bend Bridge.

1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lee Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Babylon Bend Bridge
Babylon Bend Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt1
Babylon Bend BridgePratt

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lee Township

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

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C
Calvin B. HooverAmerican economist · b. 1897
F
Frank F. RossUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1867
E
Edward RobertsAmerican weight thrower · b. 1892
Harry K. NewburnAmerican educator · b. 1906
Ken CarpenterAmerican sports announcer · b. 1900
P
Paul H. LandisAmerican sociologist · b. 1901
Places that used to be

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

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

Virgil
1849–1867
Babylon
1875–1904
Hawn
1877–1879
Manley
1884–1905
Checkrow
1892–1905
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BabylonCheckrowManleyVirgil
Gone or out of use
Babylon SchoolschoolCouncil Corner SchoolschoolHawn SchoolschoolLee SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolSweeney SchoolschoolTemplars HallbuildingVirgil Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchVirgil Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lee Township
BarnesCheckrowGuernseyPeirsolRigdonVirgil

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Harris Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBushnell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEllisville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lee Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Lee Township?

One place: the Babylon Bend Bridge (listed 1980).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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.