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History · Herl Township

50% of Herl Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Laing
1879–1881
Tully
1888–1919
Linda
1891–1934
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Midway
Gone or out of use
Laing SchoolschoolLinda SchoolschoolLone Star ChurchchurchPleasant Ridge SchoolschoolSaint Patrick ChurchchurchSchool Number 208schoolTully SchoolschoolWalsh Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Herl Township
CovenantEvangelicalLone StarSaint MarysSaint PatrickSwedish BaptistSwedish LutheranUnion

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.

Finley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAchilles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDriftwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSappa TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLudell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWendell 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 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.