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History · McAllaster Township

McAllaster Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How McAllaster Township began

When was McAllaster Township founded?

1887

The McAllaster Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Bureau (1885) and McAllaster (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 25139 years
Founding year: the first McAllaster Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about McAllaster 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 McAllaster Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s McAllaster Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of McAllaster Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start McAllaster Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Bureau
1885–1887
McAllaster
1887–1953
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
McAllaster
Gone or out of use
Sheridan Stationlocale

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

The story

How McAllaster Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of McAllaster Township.

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McAllaster was platted in 1887. The McAllaster post office was discontinued in 1953.

McAllaster is mainly known for its mound bearing its name, the McAllaster Butte, where the first known fossils of the famous plesiosaur Elasmosaurus were discovered in 1867. Other fossils possibly belonging to this latter have been discovered since, and the locality is dated to the Campanian stage of the Upper Cretaceous.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

McAllaster Township, 1885 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Bureau post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Bureau post office closes
  4. 1887Post officeThe McAllaster post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1953Post officeThe McAllaster post office closes
  7. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

McAllaster Township, decade by decade

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On the map

McAllaster Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

McAllaster Township on the 1969 USGS mapMcAllaster Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Mc Allaster sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of McAllaster Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Winona Township5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWallace Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestern TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about McAllaster Township’s history

What year was McAllaster Township founded?

The McAllaster Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (12), 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.