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History · Grant Township

34% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Township Line Bridge. Below: maps from 1889 on.

1on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant Township change.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grant Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1889 to 1985

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

Grant Township on the 1889 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1891 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1970 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1985 USGS map1889Larned 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 Grant Township.

The story

How Grant Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grant Township.

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Grant Township was established in 1880. The area that became Lincoln Township was detached from Grant Township in the 1910s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Grant Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Township Line Bridge
Township Line Bridge
Structures
All 1 listings
Township Line BridgeStructure · listed 1985

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bert Wettar
Gone or out of use
Buckman Landing Stripairport
1cemetery inside Grant Township
Rozel

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.

Morton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrowns Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKeysville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Grant Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Grant Township?

One place: the Township Line Bridge (listed 1985).

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.