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History · Dieter Township

28% of Dieter Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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Where Dieter Township’s name came from

How did Dieter Township get its name?

Dieter Township was named for Martin Van Buren Dieter, an early settler.

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.

Ross
1890–1982
Pinecreek
1896–1975
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
PinecreekRoss
Gone or out of use
Pinecreek Post Officepost officeRoss Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Dieter Township
Concordia

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.

Pohlitz TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoss TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJadis 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.