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History · Atlanta Township

41% of Atlanta Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Atlanta 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 Atlanta Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Atlanta Township change.Old housesHalf of Atlanta Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Atlanta Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Atlanta Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Atlanta Township on the 1894 USGS mapAtlanta Township on the 1970 USGS mapAtlanta Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Lyons 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 Atlanta Township.

The story

How Atlanta Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Atlanta Township.

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Atlanta Township was established in 1871. What would become Atlanta Township was first settled in October 1870 by Earl Joslin. The township was further divided and Union Township and Washington Township were split off in 1874, and in 1877 Victoria Township was split off as well. Harrison Township, Mitchell Township, and Wilson Township were also later created from territory formerly under Atlanta Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Atlanta Township

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

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Sandra MyersSpanish athletics competitor · b. 1961
Marcia RoddAmerican actor · b. 1938
C. Dean AnderssonAmerican writer · b. 2000
Jerry VasconcellsAmerican aviation pioneer · b. 1892
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Milton R. WolfAmerican politician and physician · b. 1971
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Carl MandaMajor League Baseball player · b. 1886
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Shumway Oil FieldoilfieldWalton Landing Stripairport

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.

Lyons2 historic placesB+Wilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSterling TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.