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History · Sherman Township

Half of Sherman Township’s homes were built after 1966

Most of Sherman Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
7%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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman Township’s history is told.

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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.

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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 in 1948

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sherman Township.

Sherman Township on the 1948 USGS map1948Girard sheet · 1:62,500

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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Gordon ParksAmerican photographer, musician, writer and fil… · b. 1912
Hugh Samuel JohnsonAmerican administrator · b. 1882
Clark CliffordAmerican secretary of defense · b. 1906
Elmer McCollumAmerican biochemist · b. 1879
Richard ChristyAmerican drummer · b. 1974
Mark HartAmerican musician · b. 1953
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Farlington
Gone or out of use
Cleveland SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolFairview School Oil FieldoilfieldGarfield SchoolschoolGunn SchoolschoolJohnson SchoolschoolLone Elm SchoolschoolMaple Grove SchoolschoolMeyers SchoolschoolOzark SchoolschoolPrairie Bell SchoolschoolVictory Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sherman Township
FarlingtonIowa

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lincoln Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPawnee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrawford TownshipIts storyC−Walnut Township1 historic placenot 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.