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History · London Township

London Township’s post office opened in 1871, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on.

1871first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How London Township began

When was London Township founded?

1871

The London Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, London (1871), Meridian (1871) and Boon (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 694155 years
Founding year: the first London Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about London 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 London Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of London Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18903 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1985. Watch London Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

London
1871–1887
Meridian
1871–1872
Boon
1879–1887
Dublin
1885–1887
Zyba
1887–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Zyba
Gone or out of use
BoonlocaleDublinlocaleLondonlocaleNew BedfordlocalePeck Oil FieldoilfieldZyba Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside London Township
Porter

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

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Start London Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

London Township on the map, 1890 to 1985

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

London Township on the 1890 USGS mapLondon Township on the 1955 USGS mapLondon Township on the 1985 USGS map1890Wellington 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 London Township.

The story so far

London Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 716 to 694 (-3%).

Timeline

London Township, 1871 to 1890

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe London post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Meridian post office opens
  4. 1872Post officeThe Meridian post office closes
  5. 1879Post officeThe Boon post office opens
  6. 1887Post officeThe London post office closes
  7. 1887Post officeThe Boon post office closes
  8. 1890On 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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Belle Plaine Township1 historic placeBIllinois TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOhio TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about London Township’s history

What year was London Township founded?

The London Township post office opened in 1871, 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.