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History · Leaf Valley Township

Leaf Valley Township’s post office opened in 1871, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Leaf Valley Township began

When was Leaf Valley Township founded?

1871

The Leaf Valley Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Leaf Valley (1871), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 404155 years
Founding year: the first Leaf Valley Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Leaf Valley 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 Leaf Valley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Leaf Valley Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 457 to 404 (-12%).

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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, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Leaf Valley
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Leaf Valley Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Leaf Valley Township
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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.

Miltona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIda TownshipIts storyCEffington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillerville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Leaf Valley Township’s history

What year was Leaf Valley Township founded?

The Leaf Valley Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.