The story
Read it all →How Lynn Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Lynn Township.
Lynn Township was organized in 1817. The township bears the name of Dan Lynn, a state legislator.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Lynn Township
11% of Lynn Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1890.
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Lynn Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lynn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lynn Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19034 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1981. Watch Lynn Township change.
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Start Lynn Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lynn Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Springfield
McFadden
Solitude
Savah
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
SavahSolitudeSpringfield
Gone or out of use
Solitude Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lynn Township
AlexanderBeech GroveFrenchMcFadden
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Lynn Township on the map, 1903 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lynn Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903New Harmony 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 Lynn Township.
Timeline
Lynn Township, 1818 to 1917
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1818Post officeThe Springfield post office opens
- 1828Post officeThe Springfield post office closes
- 1858Post officeThe McFadden post office opens
- 1858Post officeThe Solitude post office opens
- 1861Post officeThe McFadden post office closes
- 20th century
- 1903
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1917Post officeThe Solitude post office closes
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 albumPeople over time
Lynn Township, census by census
Between 649 and 1,471 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lynn Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Lynn Township
Nobody well known was born in Lynn Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Lynn Township’s history
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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.