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History · Township 7

33% of Township 7’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Diamond Spring. Below: maps from 1889 on.

1on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Township 7’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 Township 7 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 7 change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Township 7, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Township 7’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Township 7’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Township 7 on the map, 1889 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Township 7. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Township 7 on the 1889 USGS mapTownship 7 on the 1894 USGS mapTownship 7 on the 1972 USGS mapTownship 7 on the 1985 USGS map1889Parkerville 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 7.

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.

Grand View
1876–1886
Delavan
1886–1986
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Delavan
Gone or out of use
Evansvillelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Township 7
DelavanMitchell Valley

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

The story so far

Township 7, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Township 7 yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 262 to 223 (-15%).

Timeline

Township 7, 1876 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Grand View post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Grand View post office closes
  4. 1886Post officeThe Delavan post office opens
  5. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1986Post officeThe Delavan 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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Township 7

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Diamond Spring
Diamond Spring
Sites
All 1 listings
Diamond SpringSite · listed 1976

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lyon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHerington3 historic placesA−Township 82 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 91 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Township 7’s history

What is on the National Register in Township 7?

One place: the Diamond Spring (listed 1976).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.