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History · Gilchrist Township

Gilchrist Township’s post office opened in 1868, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Urjans Iverson House.

1868first post office
1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Gilchrist Township began

When was Gilchrist Township founded?

1868

The Gilchrist Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Gilchrist (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 213158 years
Founding year: the first Gilchrist Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Gilchrist Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Urjans Iverson House
Urjans Iverson House
Buildings
Urjans Iverson HouseBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Gilchrist, opened and closed inside today’s town.

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gilchrist Township
Hitman FamilySather FamilyScandia LutheranSeventh Day AdventistWest Lake Johanna

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.

Rolling Forks TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Johanna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKerkhoven TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChippewa Falls Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Gilchrist Township’s history

What year was Gilchrist Township founded?

The Gilchrist Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Gilchrist Township?

One place: the Urjans Iverson House (listed 1982).

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.