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History · Capioma Township

Capioma Township’s post office opened in 1857, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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How Capioma Township began, and where its name came from

When was Capioma Township founded?

1857

The Capioma Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Capioma (1857), Woodlawn (1881) and Fidelity (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 154169 years

How did Capioma Township get its name?

Capioma Township was named for an Indian chief.

Founding year: the first Capioma Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Capioma 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 Capioma Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1990. Watch Capioma Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Capioma Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Capioma Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Capioma Township on the map, 1888 to 1990

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

Capioma Township on the 1888 USGS mapCapioma Township on the 1894 USGS mapCapioma Township on the 1961 USGS mapCapioma Township on the 1985 USGS mapCapioma Township on the 1990 USGS map1888Hiawatha 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 Capioma Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Capioma
1857–1906
Woodlawn
1881–1906
Fidelity
1890–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CapiomaFidelityWoodlawn
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Capioma Township
CapiomaFidelityWoodlawn

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Capioma Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Capioma Township.

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Capioma was platted in 1857. It was named for an Indian chief.

A post office was opened in Capioma in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Capioma Township, 1857 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Capioma post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Woodlawn post office opens
  4. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1890Post officeThe Fidelity post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Fidelity post office closes
  8. 1906Post officeThe Capioma post office closes
  9. 1906Post officeThe Woodlawn 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.

Rock Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPowhattan Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranada TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Capioma Township’s history

What year was Capioma Township founded?

The Capioma Township post office opened in 1857, 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.