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History · Henry Township

17% of Henry Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

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

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

Brush College
1878–1884
Hoover
1881–1893
Wolfe
1888–1904
Amos
1893–1931
Stotesbury
1893–1985
Rock
1894–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AmosRockStotesburyWolfe
Gone or out of use
Amos SchoolschoolBrush College SchoolschoolCenterview ChurchchurchPrairie Union SchoolschoolUnion ChapelchurchWolf Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Henry Township
ClarkEast LibertyKaufmanLawrenceTurleyUnderwood

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.

Metz Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoward TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot 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.