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History · Union Township

72% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
72%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Maud
1881–1886
Blanchard
1884–1887
Calista
1886–1955
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Calista
Gone or out of use
BlanchardlocaleMcDowell SchoolschoolMead Creek SchoolschoolRiverview SchoolschoolTripp Schoolschool

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.

Peters TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEureka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRural TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNinnescah TownshipIts 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 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.