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History · Hyde Park Township

Hyde Park Township’s post office opened in 1857, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

1857first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Hyde Park Township began

When was Hyde Park Township founded?

1857

The Hyde Park Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Hyde Park (1857) and Jarretts (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 259169 years
Founding year: the first Hyde Park Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

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

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

Hyde Park
1857–1880
Jarretts
1879–1919
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Jarrett
Gone or out of use
Jarretts Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Hyde Park Township
Hyde Park

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.

Zumbro TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHammondIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGillford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townZumbro Falls2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOakwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hyde Park Township’s history

What year was Hyde Park Township founded?

The Hyde Park Township post office opened in 1857, 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.