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History · York Township

York Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

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How York Township began

When was York Township founded?

1883

The York Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Canfield (1857), Greenleafton (1874) and York (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 367143 years
Founding year: the first York Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about York 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 York Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s York Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of York Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how York Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

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

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Canfield
1857–1883
Greenleafton
1874–1905
York
1883–1903
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GreenleaftonYork
Gone or out of use
Greenleafton Post Officepost officePietenpol Landing FieldairportYork Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside York Township
CanfieldGreenleaftonLoveOld GreenleaftonSaetersdal Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

York Township, in brief

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

York Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 409 at the 2000 census. York Township borders Forestville Township, Bloomfield Township, Beaver Township, Carimona Township, and Bristol Township. York Township was organized in 1858, and was probably named after York, in England.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 368 in 2010, 367 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

York Township, 1857 to 1905

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Canfield post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Greenleafton post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Canfield post office closes
  5. 1883Post officeThe York post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903Post officeThe York post office closes
  8. 1905Post officeThe Greenleafton post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to York Township

Nobody well known was born in York Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ellen ChurchAmerican pilot, flight attendant and nurse · b. 1904
Charles BowersAmerican cartoonist and actor · b. 1889
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Tami HoagAmerican writer · b. 1959
Malcolm WilliamsActor, Composer · b. 1870
Edouard IzacUnited States Navy officer and politician · b. 1891
Edward Everett SmithAmerican politician · b. 1861
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Forestville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about York Township’s history

What year was York Township founded?

The York Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.