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History · Ceresco Township

Ceresco Township’s post office opened in 1857, and 69% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1857first post office
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How Ceresco Township began

When was Ceresco Township founded?

1857

The Ceresco Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ceresco (1857), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 181169 years
Founding year: the first Ceresco Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Ceresco 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 Ceresco Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ceresco Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ceresco Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Ceresco Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ceresco Township.

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Ceresco Township was organized in 1858, and named after Ceresco, Wisconsin, the former hometown of an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Ceresco Township, 1857 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Ceresco post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Ceresco post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Ceresco Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Ceresco Township on the 1967 USGS mapCeresco Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Willow Creek 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 Ceresco Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ceresco Township
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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.

Fieldon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ceresco Township’s history

What year was Ceresco Township founded?

The Ceresco Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.