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History · Fox Lake Township

Fox Lake Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1873first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Fox Lake Township began

When was Fox Lake Township founded?

1873

The Fox Lake Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Fox Lake (1873) and Foxlake (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 259153 years
Founding year: the first Fox Lake Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
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.

Fox Lake
1873–1874
Foxlake
1901–1955
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fox Lake
Gone or out of use
Foxlake Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Fox Lake Township
Emmanuel

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.

Manyaska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElm Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrimontIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWelcomeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGalena TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFraser TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fox Lake Township’s history

What year was Fox Lake Township founded?

The Fox Lake Township post office opened in 1873, 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 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.