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History · Madison Township

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

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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Famous people

Famous people close to Madison Township

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

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Calamity JaneAmerican scout and frontierswoman · b. 1852
Arthur M. HydeAmerican politician · b. 1877
Leith StevensAmerican music composer and conductor · b. 1909
Mervin Joe KellyAmerican physicist · b. 1894
Enoch Herbert CrowderAmerican diplomat · b. 1859
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Bryce WaltonAmerican writer · b. 1918
Places that used to be

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

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

Modena
1858–1971
Dinsmore
1891–1903
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DinsmoreModena
Gone or out of use
Bain SchoolschoolBethlehem SchoolschoolHamilton SchoolschoolNigh SchoolschoolWalters Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Madison Township
Old UnionPrairie Ridge

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.

Trail Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison 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.