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History · Euclid Township

Euclid Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1880.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Euclid Township began

When was Euclid Township founded?

1879

The Euclid Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 67 in 18802020 census: 134147 years
Founding year: the first Euclid Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Euclid Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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Start Euclid Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Euclid Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Euclid Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Euclid Township.

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A post office called Euclid has been in operation since 1879. The community was named after Euclid Avenue, a main boulevard of Cleveland, Ohio.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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On the map

Euclid Township on the map, 1953 to 1982

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

Euclid Township on the 1953 USGS mapEuclid Township on the 1982 USGS map1953Crookston sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Euclid Township.

People over time

Euclid Township, census by census

01002001880190019201940196019802000Peak: 184

Between 67 and 184 people in every census since 1880.

4 censuses, 1880–2010.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Euclid Township

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

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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Euclid
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Euclid Township
Prairie ViewSaint Pauls Lutheran

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.

Questions about Euclid Township’s history

What year was Euclid Township founded?

The Euclid Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 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.