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History · Albion Township

Albion Township’s post office opened in 1871, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Cossaart Barn. Below: maps from 1893 on.

1871first post office
1on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Albion Township began

When was Albion Township founded?

1871

The Albion Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Albion (1871), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 130155 years
Founding year: the first Albion Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Albion 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 Albion Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Albion Township change.Old housesHalf of Albion Township’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albion Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Albion Township on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Albion Township on the 1893 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1966 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1985 USGS map1893Washington 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 Albion Township.

The story

How Albion Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Albion Township.

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Albion Township was organized in 1870. The township was split off from Farmington Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Albion Township, 1871 to 1893

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Albion post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Albion post office closes
  4. 1893On 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 National Register

1 historic place in Albion Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Cossaart Barn
Cossaart Barn
Buildings
Cossaart BarnBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Albion Township

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

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Nick HagueAmerican astronaut and space force officer · b. 1975
Robert GordonAmerican silent film actor · b. 1895
Maxine GatesActress · b. 1917
Edwin Bayer BransonAmerican geologist and paleontologist · b. 1877
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Duane Garrison HuntCatholic bishop · b. 1884
Eddie HickeyBasketball player, football player, basketball … · b. 1902
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Albion, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Albion Township
Maple Grove

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.

Rose Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarmington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Albion Township’s history

What year was Albion Township founded?

The Albion Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Albion Township?

One place: the Cossaart Barn (listed 2009).

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.