The story
Read it all →How Anthony Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Anthony Township.
Anthony Township was organized in 1879 and named for Anthony Scheie, a pioneer settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Anthony Township
Anthony Township’s post office opened in 1901, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1924 on.
1901first post office
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53%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Anthony Township began
When was Anthony Township founded?
1901
The Anthony Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Anthony (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 65125 years
Founding year: the first Anthony Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Anthony Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Anthony Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Anthony Township on the map, 1924 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Anthony Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1924Ada sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Anthony Township.
Timeline
Anthony Township, 1901 to 1924
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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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Nobody well known was born in Anthony Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Anthony, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Anthony
Gone or out of use
Anthony Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Anthony Township
AnthonyEast Marsh RiverWest Petri-East Marsh River
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.
Hegne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHalstad TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant View TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGood Hope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Anthony Township’s history
What year was Anthony Township founded?
The Anthony Township post office opened in 1901, 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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Sources
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, 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.