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History · Moltke Township

52% of Moltke Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moltke 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 Moltke Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Moltke Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Moltke Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Moltke Township.

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Moltke Township was organized in 1878, and named for Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), Chief of the Prussian, and then German, General Staff.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Moltke Township on the map in 1964

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moltke Township.

Moltke Township on the 1964 USGS map1964Gibbon 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 Moltke Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Grafton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBismarck TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSeverance TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWellington 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.