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History · Covert Township

Covert Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

1873first post office
0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
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How Covert Township began

When was Covert Township founded?

1873

The Covert Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1880. Another post office, Dial (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 15153 years
Founding year: the first Covert Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1880.
Places that used to be

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

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

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1873–today
Dial
1881–1903
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Diallocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Covert 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.

Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVictor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndependence TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Covert Township’s history

What year was Covert Township founded?

The Covert Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1880.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.