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History · Delger Township

Delger Township’s post office opened in 1900, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1945 on.

1900first post office
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Quick answers

How Delger Township began

When was Delger Township founded?

1900

The Delger Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Delger (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 28126 years
Founding year: the first Delger Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Delger 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 Delger Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Delger Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Delger Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Delger Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 26 to 28 (+8%).

Timeline

Delger Township, 1900 to 1945

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Delger post office opens
  3. 1903Post officeThe Delger post office closes
  4. 1945On 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

Delger Township on the map, 1945 to 1950

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

Delger Township on the 1945 USGS mapDelger Township on the 1950 USGS map1945Manfred 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 Delger Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Delger 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.

Chaseley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrystal Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Ontario TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRusland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Delger Township’s history

What year was Delger Township founded?

The Delger Township post office opened in 1900, 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.