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History · Marsh Grove Township

15% of Marsh Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Where Marsh Grove Township’s name came from

How did Marsh Grove Township get its name?

Marsh Grove Township was organized in 1884, and named for the marshes and groves within its borders.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Fodvang
1887–1913
Ellerth
1898–1913
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ellerth
Gone or out of use
Ellerth Post Officepost officeFodvang Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marsh Grove Township
BethaniaBethesda

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.

New Folden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townViking TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFoldahl Township2 historic placesnot 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.