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History · Hampton-Fairview Township

64% of Hampton-Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
64%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hampton-Fairview 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 Hampton-Fairview Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Hampton-Fairview Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hampton-Fairview Township.Old housesHalf of Hampton-Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Hampton-Fairview Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Hampton-Fairview Township on the 1896 USGS mapHampton-Fairview Township on the 1968 USGS mapHampton-Fairview Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Hays 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 Hampton-Fairview Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hampton
1877–1910
Stockrange
1883–1895
Saunders
1886–1908
18701950today
Gone or out of use
HamptonlocaleSaunderslocaleStockrangelocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hampton-Fairview Township
CordiaHamptonNickel

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

The story

How Hampton-Fairview Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hampton-Fairview Township.

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As its name implies, Hampton-Fairview Township was originally two separate townships: Hampton Township and Fairview Township. Hampton Township was established in 1878 from parts of Alexander Township (now part of Alexander-Belle Prairie Township) and Brookdale Township (now part of La Crosse-Brookdale Township). The two townships were merged together in the 1970s to create Hampton-Fairview Township. In addition, another part of Alexander Township was given to it as well.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hampton-Fairview Township, 1877 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Hampton post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Stockrange post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Saunders post office opens
  5. 1895Post officeThe Stockrange post office closes
  6. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1908Post officeThe Saunders post office closes
  9. 1910Post officeThe Hampton post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Waring TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlexander-Belle Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Crosse-Brookdale Township2 historic placesABig Creek Township2 historic placesC+Big Timber 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 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.