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History · Medford Township

13% of Medford Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Medford 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 Medford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Medford Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Medford Township.

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Medford was platted in 1856, and named for Medford Colling, the son of an early settler. A post office has been in operation at Medford since 1855.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Medford Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lazy U Mobile Home Park
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Medford Township
ResurrectionRiversideUnion

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.

MedfordIts storyCClinton Falls Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalcott 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia 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.