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History · Cormant Township

Half of Cormant Township’s homes were built after 1968

Most of Cormant Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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Where Cormant Township’s name came from

How did Cormant Township get its name?

Cormant Township was named after the double-crested cormorant.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Corment
1902–1905
Inez
1905–1919
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Inez
Gone or out of use
Inez Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Cormant Township
Cormant Township

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.

Quiring TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodrow Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLangor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShooks 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 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.