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History · Alma Township

Alma Township’s post office opened in 1882

Most of Alma Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1972 on.

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0on the National Register
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How Alma Township began

When was Alma Township founded?

1882

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

2020 census: 30144 years
Founding year: the first Alma Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Alma 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 Alma Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alma Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Alma Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1882. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 30 in 2010, 30 in 2020.

Timeline

Alma Township, 1882 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Alma post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Alma post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Alma Township on the map, 1972 to 1985

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

Alma Township on the 1972 USGS mapAlma Township on the 1985 USGS map1972Milton sheet · 1:24,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Alma Township
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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.

East Alma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEasby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Alma Township’s history

What year was Alma Township founded?

The Alma Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.