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History · Beaulieu Township

Half of Beaulieu Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Beaulieu Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beaulieu 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 Beaulieu Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Beaulieu Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaulieu Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Young
1882–1892
Concrete
1908–1984
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ConcreteHanks Corner
Gone or out of use
Younglocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Beaulieu Township
AndvariOak LawnSaint EllensSpangel

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

The story so far

Beaulieu Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 155 to 160 (+3%).

Timeline

Beaulieu Township, 1882 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Young post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Young post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Concrete post office opens
  6. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1984Post officeThe Concrete 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

Beaulieu Township on the map, 1964 to 1985

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

Beaulieu Township on the 1964 USGS mapBeaulieu Township on the 1985 USGS map1964Hanks Corner 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 Beaulieu Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Thingvalla TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Olga Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Moure TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAkra Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Alma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdvance 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 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.