The story
Read it all →How Eden Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Eden Township.
A post office was opened in Eden in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Eden Township
Half of Eden Township’s homes were built after 1986
Most of Eden Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1889 on.
0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Eden 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 Eden Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1985. Watch Eden Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eden Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eden Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Eden Township on the map, 1889 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eden Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1889Caldwell 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 Eden Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Levy
Sunset
Milton
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Hamlets and corners on the map
MiltonSuppesville
Gone or out of use
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1cemetery inside Eden Township
Eden
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Eden Township, 1878 to 1889
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Eden Township
Nobody well known was born in Eden Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Eden Township’s history
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 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.