Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1927 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grant Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Grant Township.
The community had its plat filed in 1861 and was originally named Grant, but the named switched to New Point (also stylized Newpoint) in 1875. The New Point post office shut down in 1980. At one point, both Grant and New Point were separate recognized communities.
New Point's most famous citizen is football Hall of Famer Roger Wehrli, born in 1947.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Grant Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
of a town which was to take the place of Barnard and Bolckow, and located between the two towns. He also purchased several buildings in connection with the mill, and started a store and established a post office in 1865, which was the first in Grant Township, and Mr. Benson was the first postmaster. When the railroad was completed, R. G. Hubbard claimed too large damages for the right of way. through his farm, on which Prairie Park was located. Hence the towns of Barnard and Bolckow were built and the post office moved to Barnard. (See town-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grant Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grant Township.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
