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History · Jefferson Township

38% of Jefferson Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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Famous people

Famous people close to Jefferson Township

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

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Frank BucklesUnited States Army soldier and centenarian · b. 1901
Leith StevensAmerican music composer and conductor · b. 1909
Beulah PoynterAmerican actor, writer and playwright · b. 1883
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Bryce WaltonAmerican writer · b. 1918
Ralph Emerson BaileyAmerican politician · b. 1878
Jesse N. FunkUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1888
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Harrison
1872–1873
Morris Chapel
1874–1875
Lorraine
1875–1889
Mahaska
1894–1895
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Globe SchoolschoolHazel Valley ChurchchurchLorrain SchoolschoolMcCollum SchoolschoolSouth Pine Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jefferson Township
PhillebaumRuss

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.

Dallas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBethany Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant 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.