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History · Adler Township

Adler Township’s post office opened in 1882

Below: maps from 1939 on.

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How Adler Township began

When was Adler Township founded?

1882

The Adler Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Adler (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 25144 years
Founding year: the first Adler Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Adler Township’s past

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

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The story

How Adler Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Adler Township.

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Alder was originally settled around 1882, when Charles Adler and four associates acquired land in the area and proposed to start a new settlement, to be named Adler, roughly halfway between the present day cities of Petersburg and McVille. Adler itself comes from the German word for eagle. A post office was established in May 1882, with Mr. Adler as its first postmaster. A tavern and hotel soon followed.

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Timeline

Adler Township, 1882 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Adler post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Adler post office closes
  5. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Adler Township on the map, 1939 to 1971

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

Adler Township on the 1939 USGS mapAdler Township on the 1971 USGS map1939Niagara 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 Adler Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Adler Township

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

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Nelle PetersAmerican architect · b. 1884
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Art BehmAmerican politician · b. 1932
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Stu MacMillanAmerican football player · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Adler, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Adlerlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Adler Township
Adler UnionLom Lutheran

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.

Melvin Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPetersburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRugh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoraine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Adler Township’s history

What year was Adler Township founded?

The Adler Township post office opened in 1882, 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, 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.