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From Wikipedia’s history of Two Inlets Township.
Two Inlets Township was organized in 1898. It took its name from Two Inlets Lake.
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History · Two Inlets Township
Two Inlets Township’s post office opened in 1900
Most of Two Inlets Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1972 on.
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9%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Two Inlets Township began
When was Two Inlets Township founded?
1900
The Two Inlets Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Twoinlets (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 208126 years
Founding year: the first Two Inlets Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Two Inlets Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Two Inlets Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Two Inlets Township, 1900 to 1972
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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Two Inlets Township on the map, 1972 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Two Inlets Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1972Two Inlets sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Two Inlets Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Twoinlets, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Two Inlets
Gone or out of use
Twoinlets Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Two Inlets Township
Saint Mary's Catholic
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.
Osage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Point TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArago TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSavannah TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarsonville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Two Inlets Township’s history
What year was Two Inlets Township founded?
The Two Inlets Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.