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History · Alba Township

39% of Alba Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Alba 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 Alba Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Alba Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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The story

How Alba Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Alba Township.

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Alba Township was organized in 1872, and named for the Latin word meaning "white".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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

Alba Township on the map, 1960 to 1985

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

Alba Township on the 1960 USGS mapAlba Township on the 1976 USGS mapAlba Township on the 1985 USGS map1960Brewster 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 Alba Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

La Crosse TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHersey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Heron Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEwington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrewsterIts 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 and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.