The story
Read it all →How Hudson Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Hudson Township.
Hudson was platted in 1867, and named after Henry Hudson. The Hudson post office closed in 1890.
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History · Hudson Township
Hudson Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Hudson City School. Below: maps from 1887 on.
1867first post office
1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Hudson Township began
When was Hudson Township founded?
1867
The Hudson Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Hudson (1867), Lahai (1875) and Reynard (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 180159 years
Founding year: the first Hudson Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Hudson 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 Hudson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18874 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1981. Watch Hudson Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hudson Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Hudson Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hudson Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Hudson Township on the map, 1887 to 1981
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hudson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1887Butler sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hudson Township.
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.
Hudson
Lahai
Reynard
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HudsonReynard
Gone or out of use
Brush College SchoolschoolHaines SchoolschoolHazel Dell SchoolschoolMcDavitt SchoolschoolPleasant Grove ChurchchurchPleasant Ridge SchoolschoolReynard SchoolschoolRich Valley Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hudson Township
BlackwellMeyerMyersRound Prairie
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Hudson Township, 1867 to 1901
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1867Post officeThe Hudson post office opens
- 1875Post officeThe Lahai post office opens
- 1882Post officeThe Lahai post office closes
- 1884Post officeThe Reynard post office opens
- 1887
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1890Post officeThe Hudson post office closes
- 20th century
- 1901Post officeThe Reynard post office closes
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Hudson Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2002
Hudson City School
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
One-Room Schoolhouse1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Hudson Township
Nobody well known was born in Hudson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Vester PeggAmerican actor · b. 1889
D
Donald L. CoxMember of the Black Panther Party · b. 1936Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Hudson Township’s history
What year was Hudson Township founded?
The Hudson Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Hudson Township?
One place: the Hudson City School (listed 2002).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.