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History · Eagle Township

39% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Eagle 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 Eagle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18895 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Eagle Township change.Old housesHalf of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Eagle Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Eagle Township on the 1889 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1891 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1965 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1985 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Cheney 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 Eagle Township.

The story so far

Eagle Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eagle Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 125 to 112 (-10%).

Timeline

Eagle Township, 1879 to 1889

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Belmont post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Mabel post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Mabel post office closes
  5. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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Places that used to be

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

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

Belmont
1879–today
Mabel
1884–1887
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BelmontOrsemus
Gone or out of use
Clearwater SchoolschoolEagle SchoolschoolGolden Rule SchoolschoolMabellocale
1cemetery inside Eagle Township
Greenwood

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.

Dale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllen 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 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.