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History · Shannon Township

13% of Shannon Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Shannon 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 Shannon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Shannon Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shannon 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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Places that used to be

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

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

Adams Peak
1870–1884
Fostoria
1884–today
Mark
1884–1884
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fostoria
Gone or out of use
Patterson Ranch Airportairport
1cemetery inside Shannon Township
King

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

The story

How Shannon Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Shannon Township.

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Shannon Township was established in 1882. Shannon Township is home to three extinct towns, Adams Peak (Post office in operation 1870–1884), Otter Lake (1870–1886), and Springside (1870–1902).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Shannon Township, 1870 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Adams Peak post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Adams Peak post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Fostoria post office opens
  5. 1884Post officeThe Mark post office opens
  6. 1884Post officeThe Mark post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1964On 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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On the map

Shannon Township on the map, 1964 to 1983

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

Shannon Township on the 1964 USGS mapShannon Township on the 1983 USGS map1964Olsburg 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 Shannon Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Spring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlue Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRock Creek Township2 historic placesnot 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, 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.