The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Gillam Township.
Independence Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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History · Gillam Township
Gillam Township’s post office opened in 1898, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Independence Methodist Church. Below: maps from 1962 on.
1898first post office
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Gillam Township began
When was Gillam Township founded?
1898
The Gillam Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Gillam (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 619128 years
Founding year: the first Gillam Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Gillam 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 Gillam Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gillam 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
Gillam Township, 1898 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1898Post officeThe Gillam post office opens
- 20th century
- 1903Post officeThe Gillam post office closes
- 1962
On 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Gillam Township on the map, 1962 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gillam Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1962Medaryville sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gillam Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Gillam 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
1982
Independence Methodist Church
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Greek Revival1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Gillam Township
Nobody well known was born in Gillam Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Gillam, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Baileys Corner
Gone or out of use
Antonian Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gillam Township
MasonRobinson
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 Gillam Township’s history
What year was Gillam Township founded?
The Gillam Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Gillam Township?
One place: the Independence Methodist Church (listed 1982).
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), 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.