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From Wikipedia’s history of Beaver Township.
A post office was opened in Beaver in 1919, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1992.
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History · Beaver Township
Beaver Township’s post office opened in 1919, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940
4 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1896 on.
1919first post office
4on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Beaver Township began
When was Beaver Township founded?
1919
The Beaver Township post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 98107 years
Founding year: the first Beaver Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
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.
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Start Beaver Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaver Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Beaver Township on the map, 1896 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.
1896Russell sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Beaver Township.
On the National Register
4 historic places in Beaver Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Beaver Creek Native Stone Bridge
Structures
Beaver Creek Native Stone BridgeStructure
Bridge #218-Off System BridgeStructure
Bridge No. 222-Off System BridgeStructure
Bridge No. 640 Federal Aid Highway System BridgeStructure
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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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Add from your albumPlaces that used to be
Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
BeaverDubuque
Gone or out of use
Beaver North Oil FieldoilfieldBeaver Oil FieldoilfieldBeaver South Oil Fieldoilfield
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaver Township
DubuqueFriendsPresbyterianSaint Joseph's
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.
Cheyenne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaverIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCleveland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Beaver Township’s history
What year was Beaver Township founded?
The Beaver Township post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Beaver Township?
4 listings: 4 structures.
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 (4), 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.