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History · Middletown Township

15% of Middletown Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the George M. Moore Farmstead and the District No. 92 School. Its Register listings are the George M. Moore Farmstead and the District No. 92 School.

2on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Where Middletown Township’s name came from

How did Middletown Township get its name?

Middletown Township was organized in 1869, and named for its location between two other townships.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
On the National Register

2 historic places in Middletown Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
George M. Moore Farmstead
George M. Moore FarmsteadDistrict No. 92 School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Craftsman1
Octagonal1
All 2 listings
George M. Moore FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1987District No. 92 SchoolBuilding · listed 1988

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 and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Middletown Township
Loon Lake

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.

Minneota TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPetersburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDes Moines TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Middletown Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Middletown Township?

Two places: the George M. Moore Farmstead (listed 1987) and the District No. 92 School (1988).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), 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.