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History · Agnes City Township

Agnes City Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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How Agnes City Township began

When was Agnes City Township founded?

1856

The Agnes City Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Agnes City (1856) and Rock Creek (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 400170 years
Founding year: the first Agnes City Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Agnes City 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 Agnes City Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18854 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1983. Watch Agnes City Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Agnes City Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Agnes City Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Agnes City Township on the map, 1885 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Agnes City Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Agnes City Township on the 1885 USGS mapAgnes City Township on the 1894 USGS mapAgnes City Township on the 1971 USGS mapAgnes City Township on the 1983 USGS map1885Eskridge sheet · 1:125,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Agnes City
1856–1891
Rock Creek
1870–1871
18501940today
Gone or out of use
Agneslocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Agnes City Township
Agnes CityAllenBushong

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

The story so far

Agnes City Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Agnes City Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 430 to 400 (-7%).

Timeline

Agnes City Township, 1856 to 1891

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Agnes City post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Rock Creek post office opens
  4. 1871Post officeThe Rock Creek post office closes
  5. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1891Post officeThe Agnes City post office closes
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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rock Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIvy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAmericus Township1 historic placeB−Township 21 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Agnes City Township’s history

What year was Agnes City Township founded?

The Agnes City Township post office opened in 1856, 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 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.