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History · Wildcat Township

55% of Wildcat Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wildcat Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wildcat Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Wildcat Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Wildcat Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 539 to 477 (-12%).

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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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Love Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wildcat Township
AmesMoline

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.

Elk Falls Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoward Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter 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 USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.