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History · Toledo Township

Toledo Township’s post office opened in 1858, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

1858first post office
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How Toledo Township began

When was Toledo Township founded?

1858

The Toledo Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Toledo (1858), Elinor (1871) and Safford (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 292168 years
Founding year: the first Toledo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Toledo Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Toledo Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Toledo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Toledo
1858–1903
Elinor
1871–1881
Safford
1872–1887
Kenyon
1887–1888
Saffordville
1888–1957
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EllinorSaffordvilleToledo
1cemetery inside Toledo Township
Hillside

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

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Start Toledo Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Toledo Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Toledo Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Toledo Township.

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A post office was opened in Toledo in 1858, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Toledo Township, 1858 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Toledo post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Elinor post office opens
  4. 1872Post officeThe Safford post office opens
  5. 1881Post officeThe Elinor post office closes
  6. 1887Post officeThe Safford post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Post officeThe Toledo post office closes
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Toledo Township

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

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R. Lee ErmeyAmerican actor and soldier · b. 1944
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Arthur SamuelAmerican computer scientist · b. 1901
Dean SmithAmerican basketball coach · b. 1931
Maud WagnerAmerican circus performer and tattoo artist · b. 1877
William Allen WhiteAmerican newspaper editor and Progressive leader · b. 1868
Clint BowyerAmerican racecar driver · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Falls Township6 historic placesAPike TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBazaar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStrong Township5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Toledo Township’s history

What year was Toledo Township founded?

The Toledo Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.