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History · Township 1

26% of Township 1’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Township 1’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Township 1 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1985. Watch Township 1 change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Township 1, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Township 1’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Township 1’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Township 1 on the map, 1889 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Township 1. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Township 1 on the 1889 USGS mapTownship 1 on the 1891 USGS mapTownship 1 on the 1973 USGS mapTownship 1 on the 1985 USGS map1889Anthony sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Township 1.

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.

Inyo
1879–1893
Otego
1882–1885
Crisfield
1885–1951
Crystalsprings
1885–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CrisfieldCrystal Springs
Gone or out of use
Attica Landing FieldairportGoemann Landing StripairportInyolocaleOkawlocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Township 1
AtticaBairdCrisfieldMelvin

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

The story so far

Township 1, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Township 1 yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 963 to 834 (-13%).

Timeline

Township 1, 1879 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Inyo post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Otego post office opens
  4. 1885Post officeThe Otego post office closes
  5. 1885Post officeThe Crisfield post office opens
  6. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1893Post officeThe Inyo post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1951Post officeThe Crisfield post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Township 2Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 6Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChikaskia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRochester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 31 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 5Its 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 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.