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History · Grant Township

45% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
45%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 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Grant Township change.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1896 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 1896 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1961 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1979 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Russell 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 organized from part of Lincoln Township in 1907. In the decades since, the city of Russell has expanded and annexed portions of Grant Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Grant Township, 1879 to 1896

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Homer post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Homer post office closes
  4. 1896On 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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People over time

Grant Township, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 553

Between 159 and 553 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grant Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grant Township

Nobody well known was born in Grant Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bob DoleAmerican politician · b. 1923
John KuckAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1905
Marj DusayAmerican actress · b. 1936
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Philip AnschutzAmerican billionaire businessman · b. 1939
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Curt DawsonAmerican actor · b. 1942
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C. W. E. JenningsAmerican businessman and state legislator · b. 1877
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Homer
Gone or out of use
Hall Gurney Oil Fieldoilfield

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.

Russell8 historic placesB+Russell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.