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History · Sherman Township

Half of Sherman Township’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Sherman Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sherman 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 Sherman Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sherman Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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 and burying grounds

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

Walsburg
1891–1935
Grandview
1895–1895
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Walsburg
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sherman Township
GrandviewHohman

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

The story

How Sherman Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sherman Township.

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A post office was opened in Sherman City in 1867, and it was renamed Sherman in 1894. The post office remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1964.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1891 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Walsburg post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Grandview post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Grandview post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1935Post officeThe Walsburg post office closes
  7. 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

Sherman Township on the map, 1964 to 1978

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

Sherman Township on the 1964 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1978 USGS map1964Olsburg SW 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 Sherman Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherman Township

Nobody well known was born in Sherman Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles BachmanAmerican computer scientist · b. 1924
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Cassandra PetersonAmerican actress · b. 1951
Damon RunyonAmerican writer · b. 1880
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Del CloseActor, writer, teacher · b. 1934
Bridget EverettAmerican singer and comedian · b. 1972
Howie ShannonAmerican basketball player · b. 1923
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlue Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison TownshipIts storyC−Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBala TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFancy Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sherman Township’s history

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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.