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History · Matchwood Township

Matchwood Township’s post office opened in 1889, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

1889first post office
0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Matchwood Township began

When was Matchwood Township founded?

1889

The Matchwood Township post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Matchwood (1889) and Topaz (1910), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 90137 years
Founding year: the first Matchwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

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

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

Matchwood
1889–1954
Topaz
1910–1954
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MatchwoodTopaz
Gone or out of use
Matchwood Post Officepost officeMatchwood StationlocaleNorwich MinemineTopaz Post Officepost officeTopaz Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Matchwood Township
Norwich

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.

McMillan Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOntonagon Township4 historic placesABergland Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarp Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarenisco TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Matchwood Township’s history

What year was Matchwood Township founded?

The Matchwood Township post office opened in 1889, 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.