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History · Greene Township

Greene Township’s post office opened in 1862, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

1862first post office
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How Greene Township began

When was Greene Township founded?

1862

The Greene Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Greene (1862), Blaine (1882) and Pony (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 926164 years
Founding year: the first Greene Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Greene Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Greene Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Greene Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Greene Township’s homes were built before 1950.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Greene
1862–1900
Blaine
1882–1914
Pony
1886–1900
Corkwell
1888–1901
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BlaineCenterCorkwellGreenePony
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Greene Township
ClaycombKinseySagerWhaleyWhickerWhiteman

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Greene Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greene Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Greene Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Greene Township.

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A post office was established at Greene in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900. The community was named from Greene Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Greene Township, 1862 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Greene post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Blaine post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Pony post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Greene post office closes
  7. 1900Post officeThe Pony post office closes
  8. 1914Post officeThe Blaine post office closes
  9. 1960On 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.

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On the map

Greene Township on the map in 1960

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Greene Township.

Greene Township on the 1960 USGS map1960Blaine sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Greene Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Greene Township

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

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Wendell Meredith StanleyAmerican biochemist and virologist, winner of t… · b. 1904
Twyla TharpAmerican dancer and choreographer · b. 1941
Kevin A. FordAmerican astronaut · b. 1960
Leon AmesAmerican actor · b. 1902
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Mary MeekerAmerican venture capitalist and securities anal… · b. 1959
Elwood HaynesAmerican inventor · b. 1857
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wayne Township4 historic placesA+Jefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Greene Township’s history

What year was Greene Township founded?

The Greene Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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, 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.