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History · Morrill Township

Morrill Township’s post office opened in 1891, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Morrill Township began

When was Morrill Township founded?

1891

The Morrill Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Morrill (1891) and Ramey (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 708135 years
Founding year: the first Morrill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Morrill 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 Morrill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Morrill Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morrill Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Morrill
1891–1907
Ramey
1899–1923
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MorrillRamey
Gone or out of use
F. Dillenburg AirportairportMorrill Post Officepost officeRamey Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Morrill Township
Lone PineSaint John'sSaint Josephs

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Morrill Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Morrill Township.

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The community was named for Ashby C. Morrill, a county official.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Morrill Township, 1891 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Morrill post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Ramey post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Morrill post office closes
  6. 1923Post officeThe Ramey post office closes
  7. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Morrill Township on the map in 1968

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

Morrill Township on the 1968 USGS map1968Ramey 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 Morrill Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lakin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHillman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuckman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlberta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Morrill Township’s history

What year was Morrill Township founded?

The Morrill 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 Wikipedia, 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.