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History · Coulee Township

88% of Coulee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

0on the National Register
88%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Coulee 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 Coulee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Coulee Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coulee Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Coulee Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 65 to 48 (-26%).

Timeline

Coulee Township, 1883 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Church post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Church post office closes
  4. 1886Post officeThe Churchs Ferry post office opens
  5. 1888Post officeThe Penn post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Coulee Township on the map, 1932 to 1950

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

Coulee Township on the 1932 USGS mapCoulee Township on the 1950 USGS map1932Grahams Island 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 Coulee Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Coulee Township

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

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Dick ArmeyAmerican economist and politician · b. 1940
William L. GuyAmerican politician · b. 1919
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Phyllis FrelichAmerican actress · b. 1944
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Glenn HansenAmerican basketball player · b. 1952
Grant NelsonAmerican basketball player · b. 2002
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David Anthony KraftAmerican comic book writer, publisher and critic · b. 1952
Places that used to be

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

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

Church
1883–1886
Churchs Ferry
1886–today
Penn
1888–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Churchs FerryPenn
Gone or out of use
Churchs Ferry Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Coulee Township
Churchs FerryPresbyterianSaint Paul

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.

Dry Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChain Lakes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelican TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNormania 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.