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History · Matfield Township

33% of Matfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings.

3on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

3 listings protect 16 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
16
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Crocker Ranch
Crocker RanchPioneer Bluffs Ranch Historic District
BuildingsDistricts
Crocker RanchBuilding
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Historic DistrictDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Thurman
1874–1909
Rural
1894–1902
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Thurmanlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Matfield Township
High PrairieMatfield Green

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.

Bazaar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHomestead TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storyBSycamore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Matfield Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Matfield Township?

3 listings: 1 building, among them the Crocker Ranch (listed 1977, the first), and 1 historic district, the Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Historic District, with 10 contributing buildings. 16 historic buildings in all.

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.