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History · Lebanon Township

Lebanon Township’s post office opened in 1844, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1844first post office
0on the National Register
61%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Lebanon Township began

When was Lebanon Township founded?

1844

The Lebanon Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Lebanon (1844) and Matherton (1931), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 597182 years
Founding year: the first Lebanon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lebanon 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 Lebanon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lebanon Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lebanon Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Lebanon Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lebanon Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Lebanon Township, in brief

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

Lebanon Township is a civil township of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 597 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1844. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 605 in 2010, 597 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Lebanon
1844–1881
Matherton
1931–1932
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Matherton
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lebanon Township
East PlainsWager

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

Timeline

Lebanon Township, 1844 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Lebanon post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Lebanon post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1931Post officeThe Matherton post office opens
  6. 1932Post officeThe Matherton post office closes
  7. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Lebanon Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Lebanon Township on the 1967 USGS mapLebanon Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Hubbardston sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lebanon Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Essex TownshipIts storyA−North Plains Township1 historic placeADallas TownshipIts storyA−Lyons Township1 historic placeA−North Shade TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lebanon Township’s history

What year was Lebanon Township founded?

The Lebanon Township post office opened in 1844, 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 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.