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History · Little Valley Township

Little Valley Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
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How Little Valley Township began

When was Little Valley Township founded?

1873

The Little Valley Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Little Valley (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 391153 years
Founding year: the first Little Valley Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Little Valley 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 Little Valley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1985. Watch Little Valley Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Little Valley Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Little Valley Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

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

Little Valley Township on the 1891 USGS mapLittle Valley Township on the 1965 USGS mapLittle Valley Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Hutchinson 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 Little Valley Township.

The story so far

Little Valley Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 409 to 391 (-4%).

Timeline

Little Valley Township, 1873 to 1891

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Little Valley post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Little Valley post office closes
  4. 1891On 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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

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

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.

Hayes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSuperior Township1 historic placeBMedora Township1 historic placeC+

Questions about Little Valley Township’s history

What year was Little Valley Township founded?

The Little Valley Township post office opened in 1873, 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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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 and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.