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History · Helen Township

Helen Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Helen Township began

When was Helen Township founded?

1873

The Helen Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Helen (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 833153 years
Founding year: the first Helen Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Helen 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 Helen 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 Helen Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Helen Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Helen Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 863 to 833 (-3%).

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Helen Township
Glencoe CatholicSaint JohnsSaint Paul

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.

Glencoe2 historic placesB−Glencoe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBergen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen Isle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYoung America TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Auburn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Helen Township’s history

What year was Helen Township founded?

The Helen Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.