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History · Falls Township

26% of Falls Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Falls 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 Falls Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Falls Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1985. Watch Falls Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Falls Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Alton
1872–1881
Hurst Crossing
1878–1881
Hurst
1881–1884
Corbin
1884–today
Drury
1884–1921
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CorbinDrury
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Falls Township
AltonCorzine

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

On the map

Falls Township on the map, 1889 to 1985

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

Falls Township on the 1889 USGS mapFalls Township on the 1893 USGS mapFalls Township on the 1971 USGS mapFalls Township on the 1985 USGS map1889Caldwell 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 Falls Township.

The story so far

Falls Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 135 to 157 (+16%).

Timeline

Falls Township, 1872 to 1889

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Alton post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Hurst Crossing post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Alton post office closes
  5. 1881Post officeThe Hurst Crossing post office closes
  6. 1881Post officeThe Hurst post office opens
  7. 1884Post officeThe Hurst post office closes
  8. 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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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Caldwell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Haven TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDowns 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.