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History · Welda Township

Welda Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

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38%homes built before 1940
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How Welda Township began

When was Welda Township founded?

1874

The Welda Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 295152 years
Founding year: the first Welda Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Welda Township
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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.

Westphalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLone Elm TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOzark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Welda Township’s history

What year was Welda Township founded?

The Welda Township post office opened in 1874, 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 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.