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History · Libby Township

Libby Township’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Libby Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1970 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Libby Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Libby Township began

When was Libby Township founded?

1891

The Libby Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Libby (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 43135 years
Founding year: the first Libby Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Libby 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Libby Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Libby Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSandy Lake Dam, Tender's Residence, Jun…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Libby Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 45 to 43 (-4%).

Timeline

Libby Township, 1891 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Libby post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953Post officeThe Libby post office closes
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Libby Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Sandy Lake Dam, Tender's Residence, Junction of Mississippi & Sandy RiversDate?Sandy Lake Dam, Tender's Residence, Junction of Missi…
On the map

Libby Township on the map, 1970 to 1994

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

Libby Township on the 1970 USGS mapLibby Township on the 1994 USGS map1970Sanders Lake 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 Libby Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Sandy Lake Dam, Tender's Residence, Junction of Mississippi & Sandy Rivers
Retake this viewSandy Lake Dam, Tender's Residence, Junction of Mississippi & Sandy Rivers

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Libby Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Libby
Gone or out of use
Libby 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.

Verdon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWorkman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Libby Township’s history

What year was Libby Township founded?

The Libby Township post office opened in 1891, 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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Sources

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 Library of Congress (1), 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.