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History · Kimeo Township

Kimeo Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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How Kimeo Township began

When was Kimeo Township founded?

1872

The Kimeo Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Butler (1870), Kimeo (1872) and Koloko (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 54154 years
Founding year: the first Kimeo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kimeo Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Kimeo Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kimeo 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 1983. Watch Kimeo Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Butler
1870–1885
Kimeo
1872–1904
Koloko
1877–1891
Ardale
1885–1888
Weltbote
1888–1898
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Kimeo
Gone or out of use
KolokolocaleWeltbotelocale

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

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Start Kimeo Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kimeo Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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On the map

Kimeo Township on the map, 1889 to 1983

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

Kimeo Township on the 1889 USGS mapKimeo Township on the 1894 USGS mapKimeo Township on the 1968 USGS mapKimeo Township on the 1983 USGS map1889Marysville 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 Kimeo Township.

The story so far

Kimeo Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kimeo Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 53 in 2010, 54 in 2020.

Timeline

Kimeo Township, 1870 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Butler post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Kimeo post office opens
  4. 1877Post officeThe Koloko post office opens
  5. 1885Post officeThe Butler post office closes
  6. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1891Post officeThe Koloko post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1904Post officeThe Kimeo post office closes
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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenleaf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kimeo Township’s history

What year was Kimeo Township founded?

The Kimeo Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.