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History · Wagner Township

13% of Wagner Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wagner Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wagner Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Wagner Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wagner Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 332 in 2010, 335 in 2020.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Giese
Gone or out of use
Giese Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wagner Township
Immanuel LutheranWagner Township

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.

Williams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKroschel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillward Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.