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History · Crocus Township

Crocus Township’s post office opened in 1898, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Crocus Township began

When was Crocus Township founded?

1898

The Crocus Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Crocus (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 40128 years
Founding year: the first Crocus Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Crocus 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 Crocus 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 Crocus Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Crocus Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 44 to 40 (-9%).

Timeline

Crocus Township, 1898 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Crocus post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955Post officeThe Crocus post office closes
  5. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Crocus Township on the map, 1962 to 1985

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

Crocus Township on the 1962 USGS mapCrocus Township on the 1985 USGS map1962Snyder Lake 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 Crocus Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Crocus
1cemetery inside Crocus 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.

Paulson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVirginia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTwin Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSorenson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Crocus Township’s history

What year was Crocus Township founded?

The Crocus Township post office opened in 1898, 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.