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History · Hereim Township

Half of Hereim Township’s homes were built after 1979

Most of Hereim Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hereim 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 Hereim Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1985. Watch Hereim Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hereim Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Hereim Township on the map, 1918 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hereim Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hereim Township on the 1918 USGS mapHereim Township on the 1962 USGS mapHereim Township on the 1985 USGS map1918Greenbush sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hereim Township.

The story so far

Hereim Township, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 228 in 2010, 227 in 2020.

By decade

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

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Greenbush Municipal Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hereim Township
BethaniaBethel LutheranBlessed Sacrament

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.

GreenbushIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarnett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarto TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDewey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.