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History · Edison Township

39% of Edison Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Edison 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 Edison Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Edison Township’s homes were built before 1953.
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The story

How Edison Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Edison Township.

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Edison Township was originally called New Posen Township, after Posen, Poland, and under the latter name was organized in 1878. The present name honors Thomas Edison.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Edison Township on the map, 1958 to 1986

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

Edison Township on the 1958 USGS mapEdison Township on the 1986 USGS map1958Milan NW 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 Edison Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Edison Township

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

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Elmer Austin BensonAmerican politician · b. 1895
Clinton SundbergAmerican actor · b. 1903
Mark KennedyAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1957
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Edgar DaleLearning pyramid by Edgar Dale · b. 1900
Brad RheingansAmerican wrestler · b. 1953
Jerry KoosmanAmerican baseball player · b. 1942
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Home-Base Airportairport
1cemetery inside Edison Township
Saint Josephs

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.

Appleton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoyer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHollowayIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKragero TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Bank 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 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.