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History · St. Joseph Township

41% of St. Joseph Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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Where St. Joseph Township’s name came from

How did St. Joseph Township get its name?

St. Joseph Township was organized in 1901, and named by its predominantly Roman Catholic settlers after Saint Joseph.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
North Saint Joseph SchoolschoolSouth Saint Joseph Schoolschool
1cemetery inside St. Joseph Township
Tom Lako Farm

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.

Poppleton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichardville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.