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History · Highlanding Township

Highlanding Township’s post office opened in 1905, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

1905first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Highlanding Township began, and where its name came from

When was Highlanding Township founded?

1905

The Highlanding Township post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Erie (1905), High Landing (1905) and Kuehnel (1905), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 202121 years

How did Highlanding Township get its name?

The community was named for its lofty elevation.

Founding year: the first Highlanding Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Erie
1905–1938
High Landing
1905–1935
Kuehnel
1905–1913
Sunbeam
1905–1919
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ErieHigh Landing
Gone or out of use
Erie Post Officepost officeHigh Landing Post Officepost officeKuehnel Post Officepost officeSunbeam Post Officepost officeSwanson Private Airportairport
1cemetery inside Highlanding Township
Ekelund

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.

Kratka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGoodridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Highlanding Township’s history

What year was Highlanding Township founded?

The Highlanding Township post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.