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History · Montevallo Township

Montevallo Township’s post office opened in 1854

Most of Montevallo Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1886 on and the census since 1900.

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How Montevallo Township began

When was Montevallo Township founded?

1854

The Montevallo Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Montevallo (1854) and Zodiac (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 157 in 19002020 census: 325172 years
Founding year: the first Montevallo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Montevallo 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 Montevallo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18865 editions of the USGS map, 1886 to 1991. Watch Montevallo Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Montevallo Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montevallo Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Montevallo Township on the map, 1886 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montevallo Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Montevallo Township on the 1886 USGS mapMontevallo Township on the 1894 USGS mapMontevallo Township on the 1962 USGS mapMontevallo Township on the 1986 USGS mapMontevallo Township on the 1991 USGS map1886Nevada sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Montevallo Township.

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.

Montevallo
1854–1968
Zodiac
1882–1914
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MontevalloZodiac
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Diamond Grove SchoolschoolGlade Springs SchoolschoolGreen Top SchoolschoolMontevallo AcademyschoolNew Harmony SchoolschoolStone Front SchoolschoolZodiac Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Montevallo Township
Arbor Grove

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Montevallo Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Montevallo Township.

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Montevallo was platted in the 1850s. The community was severely damaged during the Civil War. The original town site, located approximately one and one-half miles northwest of the present town, is now known as "Old Montevallo". The entire town was moved to its present location sometime after the Civil War. A post office was established at Montevallo in 1858, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1968. Montevallo is derived from Italian words for the hill in the valley.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Montevallo Township, 1854 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Montevallo post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Zodiac post office opens
  4. 1886On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1914Post officeThe Zodiac post office closes
  7. 1968Post officeThe Montevallo post office closes
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People over time

Montevallo Township, census by census

01001900192019401960Peak: 157

Between 50 and 157 people in every census since 1900.

8 censuses, 1900–1970.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Montevallo Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Dover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMilford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVirgil TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDoylesport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Montevallo Township’s history

What year was Montevallo Township founded?

The Montevallo Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.