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History · Waterloo Township

42% of Waterloo Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Waterloo 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 Waterloo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18853 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1971. Watch Waterloo Township change.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Waterloo Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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On the map

Waterloo Township on the map, 1885 to 1971

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

Waterloo Township on the 1885 USGS mapWaterloo Township on the 1894 USGS mapWaterloo Township on the 1971 USGS map1885Eskridge 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 Waterloo Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Waushara
1858–1895
Air
1880–1900
Stotler
1880–1900
Miller
1887–1958
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Miller
Gone or out of use
AirlocaleDickson /Private/ AirportairportStotlerlocaleWausharalocale
1cemetery inside Waterloo Township
Pleasant Ridge

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

The story

How Waterloo Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Waterloo Township.

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Waterloo Township was originally called Kanzas Center Township [sic], and under the latter name was established in 1857. It was renamed Waterloo Township in 1859.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Waterloo Township, 1858 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Waushara post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Air post office opens
  4. 1880Post officeThe Stotler post office opens
  5. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1895Post officeThe Waushara post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1900Post officeThe Air post office closes
  9. 1900Post officeThe Stotler post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Waterloo Township

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

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Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.American pharmacologist · b. 1915
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Jack ColvinAmerican actor · b. 1934
Barry McDanielAmerican baritone · b. 1930
Victor MurdockAmerican politician · b. 1871
C. D. BatchelorAmerican editorial cartoonist · b. 1888
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Maurice G. MehlAmerican herpetologist · b. 1887
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ivy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilmington Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlumb TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townReading TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDragoon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant 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.