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History · Carson Township

33% of Carson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Carson 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 Carson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Carson Township’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carson Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Carson Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Carson Township.

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Carson Township was organized in 1871, and named for Kit Carson, an American frontiersman.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Carson Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Carson Township on the 1970 USGS mapCarson Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Bingham Lake 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 Carson Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Carson Township

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

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Maria SchneiderJazz bandleader and composer · b. 1960
Johnny OlsonAmerican television announcer · b. 1910
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Al ArndtAmerican football player · b. 1911
Gilbert EsauAmerican politician · b. 1919
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Adrien StoutenburgAmerican poet and children's writer · b. 1916
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Elaine HarderAmerican politician · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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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.

Lakeside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMidway 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, 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.