The story
Read it all →How Raymond Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Raymond Township.
Raymond Township formed from a portion of Sidney Township on an unknown date.
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History · Raymond Township
Raymond Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1956 on.
1870first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Raymond Township began
When was Raymond Township founded?
1870
The Raymond Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Raymond (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 354156 years
Founding year: the first Raymond Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Raymond Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Raymond Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Raymond Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Raymond Township, 1870 to 1956
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1870Post officeThe Raymond post office opens
- 1874Post officeThe Raymond post office closes
- 20th century
- 1956
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
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Raymond Township on the map, 1956 to 1998
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Raymond Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Villa Grove sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Raymond Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Raymond Township
Nobody well known was born in Raymond Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Another post office, Raymond, 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).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Raymond Township’s history
What year was Raymond Township founded?
The Raymond Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.