Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1939 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 Green Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Green Township.
Green Township was established on June 14, 1866, and was named after Nathanael Greene, an American Revolutionary War general.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Green Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Hiram Lee was among the earliest settlers of Green Township. He came and opened a claim and built the first grist mill near where Quitman now stands. He sold out to Rankin Russell, and moved down four miles south, and opened another claim. Mr. Russell tore down the old log mill, and put up a frame grist and saw mill in the place of it.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
western boundary line of the municipal township of Polk, in this county, is granted by the court. It is therefore ordered by the court, that the western boundary line of said Polk Township, which is also the eastern line of Green Township, be changed from its present location on the
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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 Green 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 Green Township.
Nobody well known was born in Green Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Eudora, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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 US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), 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.
