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History · Farmer Township

25% of Farmer Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Farmer 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 Farmer Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Farmer Township change.Old housesHalf of Farmer Township’s homes were built before 1947.
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On the map

Farmer Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Farmer Township on the 1894 USGS mapFarmer Township on the 1970 USGS mapFarmer Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Lyons 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 Farmer Township.

The story

How Farmer Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Farmer Township.

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Farmer Township was established in 1874. It was originally called Spencer Township, but was changed to Farmer Township. In 1879, Lincoln Township and Pioneer Township were split off from it. Eureka Township would also later be split off from Farmer Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Farmer Township, 1874 to 1894

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Glen Sharrald post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Glen Sharrald post office closes
  4. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Bredfeldt Oil FieldoilfieldCalf Creek Oil FieldoilfieldGlen SharraldlocaleHeinz Oil FieldoilfieldMary Ida Oil FieldoilfieldOrth Oil FieldoilfieldOrth West Oil FieldoilfieldRingwald Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Farmer Township
Bushton - Farmer TownshipSalem - Friedhof

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 Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEureka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPioneer Township2 historic placesnot 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 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.