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History · Taylor Township

21% of Taylor Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp, a National Historic Landmark, and a historic district with 12 buildings.

1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Where Taylor Township’s name came from

How did Taylor Township get its name?

Taylor Township was named for James Taylor, an early settler.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
On the National Register

1 listing protects 12 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmark
1
Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp
historic buildings protected
12
each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp
Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp★
Districts★ landmark
★ Landmark
Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) CampDistrict

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Birch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSugar Bush TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTenstrikeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPort Hope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Taylor Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Taylor Township?

One place: the Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp (listed 1976).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.