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History · Leavitt Township

17% of Leavitt Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Leavitt Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Leavitt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Leavitt Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Bird
1872–1890
Stetson
1883–1898
Klondike
1898–1908
Walkerville
1898–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Walkerville
Gone or out of use
Bird Post Officepost officeKlondike Post Officepost officeWalkerville Stationlocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Leavitt Township
AbsonCarpenterGoodrichWalkerville

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

The story

How Leavitt Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Leavitt Township.

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Originally part of Elbridge Township, Leavitt Township was separated and named for Hazen Leavitt, the first settler in the area, who arrived in 1864. A descendant of Thomas Leavitt, one of the first English settlers of New Hampshire, Hazen Leavitt was born in Percy, Coos County, New Hampshire. The following year settlers David Lampson and John Henning arrived, likely with their families.

By the 21st century, the rural area was known for its asparagus crops. It has attracted Hispanic workers in agriculture.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Leavitt Township, 1872 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Bird post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Stetson post office opens
  4. 1890Post officeThe Bird post office closes
  5. 1898Post officeThe Stetson post office closes
  6. 1898Post officeThe Klondike post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1908Post officeThe Klondike post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Leavitt Township

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

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Evan BruinsmaAmerican basketball player · b. 1992
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Glenn MeyersAmerican archer · b. 1961
Joe BergerAmerican football player · b. 1982
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Verna AardemaAmerican children's writer · b. 1911
Bert ZagersAmerican football player · b. 1933
Albert K. StevensAmerican educator · b. 1901
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Newfield TownshipIts storyCElbridge TownshipIts storyB−Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver 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 Wikipedia, 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.