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History · Pilot Mound Township

Pilot Mound Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

1856first post office
0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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How Pilot Mound Township began, and where its name came from

When was Pilot Mound Township founded?

1856

The Pilot Mound Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pilot Mound (1856), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 368170 years

How did Pilot Mound Township get its name?

Pilot Mound Township was organized in 1858, and named for a local hill which served as a navigational landmark to pioneer travelers.

Founding year: the first Pilot Mound Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bucksnort
Gone or out of use
Pilotmound Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pilot Mound Township
Pilot MoundRoot Prairie Lutheran

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.

Saratoga TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArendahl TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarrolton Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pilot Mound Township’s history

What year was Pilot Mound Township founded?

The Pilot Mound Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.