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History · Leiding Township

2 of Leiding Township’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52 and the Orr Roadside Parking Area. Most of Leiding Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1969 on.

2on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Leiding 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 Leiding Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Leiding Township, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 400 in 2010, 399 in 2020.

Timeline

Leiding Township, 1909 to 1969

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Cusson post office opens
  3. 1929Post officeThe Cusson post office closes
  4. 1933BuiltCivilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52 is built
  5. 1938BuiltOrr Roadside Parking Area is built
  6. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Leiding Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Leiding Township on the 1969 USGS mapLeiding Township on the 1978 USGS mapLeiding Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Orr sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

2 historic places in Leiding Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1989
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52, built 1933Orr Roadside Parking Area, built 1938
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Architectural styles listings

NPS Rustic1
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52Built 1933
Orr Roadside Parking AreaNPS Rustic · Built 1938

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
CussonGlendale
Gone or out of use
Cusson Post Officepost office

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.

Portage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeatty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCamp 5 TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Leiding Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Leiding Township?

Two places: the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-52 (listed 1989) and the Orr Roadside Parking Area (2002).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.