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History · New Lisbon Township

Half of New Lisbon Township’s homes were built after 1979

Most of New Lisbon Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1934 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about New Lisbon Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages9 post offices opened and closed inside today’s New Lisbon Township, and 7 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of New Lisbon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Acorn Ridge
1860–1909
Castorville
1866–1869
Leora
1880–1969
Headouarters
1895–1900
Swinton
1898–1952
Curdton
1899–1910
Ezzell
1901–1905
Eaglette
1904–1909
Kinder
1910–1987
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Acorn RidgeCastorvilleCurdtonEagletteKinderLeoraSwinton
Gone or out of use
FoleyslocaleHeadquarterslocaleSkelton SchoolschoolZion Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside New Lisbon Township
ElliotFaganGeorgeKimbrelRock PointWambelWhite

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Lisbon 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.
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The story so far

New Lisbon Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Lisbon Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 966 to 896 (-7%).

Timeline

New Lisbon Township, 1860 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Acorn Ridge post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Castorville post office opens
  4. 1869Post officeThe Castorville post office closes
  5. 1880Post officeThe Leora post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909Post officeThe Acorn Ridge post office closes
  8. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1969Post officeThe Leora 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.

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On the map

New Lisbon Township on the map, 1934 to 1962

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

New Lisbon Township on the 1934 USGS mapNew Lisbon Township on the 1962 USGS map1934Puxico sheet · 1:62,500

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Castor Township2 historic placesB+Duck Creek TownshipIts storyC−Pike TownshipIts storyC−

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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 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.