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History · Asherville Township

Asherville Township’s post office opened in 1869, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
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How Asherville Township began

When was Asherville Township founded?

1869

The Asherville Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Asherville (1869) and West Asher (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 119157 years
Founding year: the first Asherville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Asherville 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 Asherville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18924 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Asherville Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Asherville Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Asherville Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Asherville Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Asherville Township on the 1892 USGS mapAsherville Township on the 1953 USGS mapAsherville Township on the 1979 USGS mapAsherville Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Minneapolis 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 Asherville Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Asherville
1869–1970
West Asher
1872–1892
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Asherville
Gone or out of use
West Asherlocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Asherville Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Asherville Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Asherville Township.

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The first settlement at Asherville was made in 1866 at the Asher Creek, from which the community takes its name. By 1910, Asherville had about 125 inhabitants.

Asherville had the oldest post office in Mitchell County. It opened in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1980.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Asherville Township, 1869 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Asherville post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe West Asher post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe West Asher post office closes
  5. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1970Post officeThe Asherville post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Logan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeloit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSolomon Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Asherville Township’s history

What year was Asherville Township founded?

The Asherville Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.