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History · Plevna Township

Plevna Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1920.

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0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Plevna Township began

When was Plevna Township founded?

1877

The Plevna Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 202 in 19202020 census: 190149 years
Founding year: the first Plevna Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Plevna 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 Plevna 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 Plevna Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plevna Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Plevna Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Plevna Township on the 1892 USGS mapPlevna Township on the 1971 USGS mapPlevna Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Kingman 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 Plevna Township.

The story

How Plevna Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Plevna Township.

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The first post office in Plevna was established in October 1877.

It is named after the historical city of Pleven in Bulgaria, which months before was a siege battle won by Russian/Bulgarian forces, gaining Bulgaria its independence.

On the night of May 18, 2025, an EF3 tornado hit the city. It flipped mobile homes and damaged some houses, buildings and vehicles that were in the city. Many residents took shelter in a church basement as the tornado hit.

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By decade

Plevna Township, decade by decade

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People over time

Plevna Township, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 202

Between 85 and 202 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Plevna Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Langdon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvia Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestminster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Plevna Township’s history

What year was Plevna Township founded?

The Plevna Township post office opened in 1877, 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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.