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History · Jupiter Township

27% of Jupiter Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
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Where Jupiter Township’s name came from

How did Jupiter Township get its name?

Jupiter Township was organized in 1883, and named after planet Jupiter.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Enok
Gone or out of use
Enok ChurchchurchEnok Post Officepost officeEnok Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jupiter Township
East EmmausJohanssonJupiter CommunityJupiter MissionMandie Johnson Farm BurialsVagle

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.

Norway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Brook TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTegner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHazelton 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 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.