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History · Seward Township

29% of Seward Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Seward 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 Seward Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Seward Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Seward Township’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seward Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

La Grand
1885–1887
Springfield
1887–1913
Etheiton
1907–1914
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Supreme Cattle Feed Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Ethelton SchoolschoolGolden Plains SchoolschoolSpringfieldlocaleSupreme Feeders Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Seward Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Seward Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Seward Township.

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Prior to its incorporation in 1927, it was estimated that the population rose to as many as 300 people in the 1910s,

during which time it was home to a creamery, post office, bank, hotel, and several lines of business like general and drug stores.

Seward was named for William H. Seward, the 24th United States Secretary of State and the 12th Governor of New York.

A post office was opened in Seward in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Seward Township, 1885 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe La Grand post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe La Grand post office closes
  4. 1887Post officeThe Springfield post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1907Post officeThe Etheiton post office opens
  7. 1913Post officeThe Springfield post office closes
  8. 1914Post officeThe Etheiton post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lockport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFargo TownshipIts storyC−Liberal TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaskell TownshipIts storyC−Dudley TownshipIts storyC−Mertilla TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, 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.