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History · Cedar Mills Township

Cedar Mills Township dates to 1860, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1950.

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How Cedar Mills Township began

When was Cedar Mills Township founded?

1860

Cedar Mills Township dates its founding to 1860 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1950.

First census: 99 in 19502020 census: 420166 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1898.The full story ↓

What stands out about Cedar Mills 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 Cedar Mills Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cedar Mills Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Mills Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Cedar Mills Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cedar Mills Township.

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Cedar Mills was laid out in 1860, and named for nearby Cedar Lake. A post office called Cedar Mills was established in 1870 and remained in operation until 1955.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cedar Mills Township, 1860 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860
    FoundingCedar Mills Township is established
  3. 1898Post officeThe Corvuso post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1953Post officeThe Corvuso post office closes
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cedar Mills Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Cedar Mills Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Cedar Mills Township on the 1967 USGS mapCedar Mills Township on the 1986 USGS map1967Cedar Mills 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 Cedar Mills Township.

People over time

Cedar Mills Township, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 99

Between 45 and 99 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cedar Mills Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cedar Mills Township

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

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Lindsay WhalenAmerican Hall of Fame basketball player and coa… · b. 1982
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John Jeremiah McRaithCatholic bishop · b. 1934
John W. FossUnited States general · b. 1933
Ancher NelsenAmerican politician · b. 1904
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Debbii DawsonAmerican singer · b. 1997
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George P. HammondLatin American scholar · b. 1896
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Corvuso, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Corvuso
Gone or out of use
Corvuso Post Officepost officeCorvuso Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cedar Mills Township
Saint John'sSpring Grove

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.

Acoma TownshipIts storyCGreenleaf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoon Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCosmos TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cedar Mills Township’s history

What year was Cedar Mills Township founded?

In 1860, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Cedar Mills Township’s post office opened in 1898, and the census of 1950 counted 99 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.