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History · Edmunds Township

Edmunds Township’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Edmunds Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1900 on.

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How Edmunds Township began

When was Edmunds Township founded?

1885

The Edmunds Township post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Edmunds (1885), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 58141 years
Founding year: the first Edmunds Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Edmunds 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 Edmunds Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1985. Watch Edmunds Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edmunds Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Edmunds Township on the map, 1900 to 1985

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

Edmunds Township on the 1900 USGS mapEdmunds Township on the 1951 USGS mapEdmunds Township on the 1985 USGS map1900Pingree sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Edmunds Township.

The story so far

Edmunds Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 35 to 58 (+66%).

Timeline

Edmunds Township, 1885 to 1975

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Edmunds post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1975Post officeThe Edmunds post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Edmunds
1cemetery inside Edmunds Township
Melville

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.

Kensal TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPingree TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalters TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Edmunds Township’s history

What year was Edmunds Township founded?

The Edmunds Township post office opened in 1885, 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.