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History · Beaver Township

75% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
75%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beaver 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 Beaver Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Beaver Township change.Old housesHalf of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Beaver Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Beaver Township on the 1892 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1968 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Concordia 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 Beaver Township.

The story

How Beaver Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beaver Township.

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Beaver Township was organized in 1873 and was named after Beaver Creek. The first settlers in the township were E. B. Pedersen and T. A. Nelson, who settled there in 1869. The early population of the township had significant amounts of Swedish and Norwegian immigrants.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Beaver Township, 1888 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Kackley post office opens
  3. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1968Post officeThe Kackley post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Kackley
1cemetery inside Beaver Township
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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.

Grant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCourtland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVicksburg 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, 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.