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History · Nevada Township

Nevada Township’s post office opened in 1858, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on.

1858first post office
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How Nevada Township began

When was Nevada Township founded?

1858

The Nevada Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Nevada (1858), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 342168 years
Founding year: the first Nevada Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Nevada Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Nevada Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Nevada Township.

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The first settlement in Nevada Township was by William Allen, a Massachusetts man, in the southwest quadrant of section 29, an area later called Six Mile Grove. This happened at some time before 1854, which is when he sold the land to Gunder Halverson and moved to Oregon. Sometime between that time and 1858, ten men settled in that same section and it was the first permanent settlement in the township. These men erected a mill in section 31 on Otter Creek, a tributary of the Cedar River. The mill was a little under a mile east of where Lyle now stands. The township was organized in 1858 and its name is derived from the California Sierra Nevada Mountains. Nevada Village was platted in section 2 and a mill was built on Otter Creek but there are no entries on the title record.

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Timeline

Nevada Township, 1858 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Nevada post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Nevada post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Nevada Township on the map, 1954 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Nevada Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Nevada Township on the 1954 USGS mapNevada Township on the 1982 USGS map1954Austin sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nevada Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Nevada Township

Nobody well known was born in Nevada Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ryan HannamAmerican football player · b. 1980
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Clifford LofvegrenAmerican politician – Minnesota -- "Cliff" Sena… · b. 1903
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Nevada Township
Sixmile Grove

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.

Adams Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWindom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLyleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Nevada Township’s history

What year was Nevada Township founded?

The Nevada Township post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.