Schroeder Township’s post office opened in 1901, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse.
How Schroeder Township began
When was Schroeder Township founded?
The Schroeder Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.
1 historic place in Schroeder Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Old corners and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Schroeder Township’s history
What year was Schroeder Township founded?
The Schroeder Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Schroeder Township?
One place: the Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse (listed 1986).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), 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.