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History · Sheldon Township

Sheldon Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge No. 6679. Its Register listing is the Bridge No. 6679.

1856first post office
1on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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How Sheldon Township began

When was Sheldon Township founded?

1856

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

2020 census: 300170 years
Founding year: the first Sheldon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Sheldon Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Bridge No. 6679
Bridge No. 6679
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Continuous/Cantilever Steel Beam1
Bridge No. 6679Continuous/Cantilever Steel Beam

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Sheldon
Gone or out of use
Sheldon Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sheldon Township
Old SheldonSheldonSwede Bottom

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.

Caledonia Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHouston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYucatan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMound Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sheldon Township’s history

What year was Sheldon Township founded?

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

What is on the National Register in Sheldon Township?

One place: the Bridge No. 6679 (listed 2011).

Memory lane

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 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.