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History · Clement Township

Clement Township’s post office opened in 1888, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Clement Township began

When was Clement Township founded?

1888

The Clement Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clement (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 136138 years
Founding year: the first Clement Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clement 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 Clement Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Clement Township’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clement Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Clement Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 109 to 136 (+25%).

Timeline

Clement Township, 1888 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Clement post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1944Post officeThe Clement 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

Clement Township on the map, 1894 to 1952

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

Clement Township on the 1894 USGS mapClement Township on the 1952 USGS map1894Oakes 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 Clement Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
ClementNorway
Gone or out of use
Pfeifer Airstripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clement Township
Norway PioneerOur Saviors 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.

James River Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBear Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWright TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHudson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYorktown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDivide TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clement Township’s history

What year was Clement Township founded?

The Clement Township post office opened in 1888, 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 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.