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History · Hale Township

Hale Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

1872first post office
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21%homes built before 1940
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How Hale Township began

When was Hale Township founded?

1872

The Hale Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hale (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 917154 years
Founding year: the first Hale Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hale 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 Hale Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hale Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Hale Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hale Township.

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According to Warren Upham, Hale Township was named either for a local pioneer or for John P. Hale (1806–1873), an American politician.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Hale Township

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

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August DvorakAmerican scientist · b. 1894
Gwen WalzAmerican educator · b. 1966
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Sydney E. AhlstromAmerican historian · b. 1919
Alondra CanoMinneapolis politician · b. 1981
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James JohnsonAmerican sport wrestler · b. 1954
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Frank MayerAmerican football player · b. 1902
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Silver Lake Landing Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Hale Township
Saint Joseph

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.

Winsted TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRich Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStockholm TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHutchinson Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Hale Township’s history

What year was Hale Township founded?

The Hale Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.