The story
Read it all →How Hazelton Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hazelton Township.
Hazelton Township was named for early county commissioner Cutler J. Hazelton.
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History · Hazelton Township
Half of Hazelton Township’s homes were built after 1985
Most of Hazelton Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1912 on.
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Hazelton Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hazelton Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Nichols
Cutler
Bennettville
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BennettvilleCutlerNichols
Gone or out of use
Nichols Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Hazelton Township
Bennettville
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Hazelton Township, 1884 to 1937
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1884Post officeThe Nichols post office opens
- 1894Post officeThe Cutler post office opens
- 1898Post officeThe Bennettville post office opens
- 20th century
- 1912
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1924Post officeThe Cutler post office closes
- 1926Post officeThe Nichols post office closes
- 1937Post officeThe Bennettville post office closes
By decade
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Hazelton Township on the map, 1912 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hazelton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Deerwood sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hazelton Township.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Hazelton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Garrison Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarm Island Township1 historic placeB−Bay Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWealthwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKathio Township1 historic placeC
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Sources
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, 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.