The story
Read it all →How Lincoln Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Lincoln Township.
Lincoln Township was organized in 1871. It was split off from Grant Township.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Lincoln Township
66% of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1892 on.
0on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Lincoln Township change.Old housesHalf of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lincoln Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincoln Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Lincoln Township on the map, 1892 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lincoln Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1892Concordia sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lincoln Township.
Timeline
Lincoln Township, 1871 to 1899
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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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Add from your albumPlaces that used to be
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
West Creek
Minersville
18701950today
Gone or out of use
MinersvillelocaleWest Creeklocale
1cemetery inside Lincoln Township
Frontier
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.
Grant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelleville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSibley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Lincoln Township’s history
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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, 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.