Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Leopold Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1954 on and old-book passages.
Leopold Township dates its founding to 1842 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1846.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leopold Township’s history is told.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Leopold Township.
Leopold was founded in 1842 by the Reverend Augustine Bessonies and named for the then-reigning king of Belgium, Leopold I.
A post office was in operation at Leopold from 1846 until August 12, 2017.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Leopold Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Leopold Township was formed out of Union, Oil, Clark and Anderson in June, 1847, upon the petition of sixty citizens, the petition having been presented in December, 1846, by John Courcier, a veteran of the War of 1812. It was named in honour of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, a large colony from that kingdom having emigrated hither, in conjunction with the missionary work of the Rev. Augustus Bessonies. During
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Leopold Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Leopold Township.
Nobody well known was born in Leopold Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Terry, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1842, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Leopold Township’s post office opened in 1846.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
