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History · Bremen Township

Bremen Township’s post office opened in 1910, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

1910first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Bremen Township began

When was Bremen Township founded?

1910

The Bremen Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 49116 years
Founding year: the first Bremen Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Famous people

Famous people close to Bremen Township

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

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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bremen
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bremen 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.

Questions about Bremen Township’s history

What year was Bremen Township founded?

The Bremen Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 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.