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History · Elling Township

Elling Township’s post office opened in 1902

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
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How Elling Township began

When was Elling Township founded?

1902

The Elling Township post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Elling (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 38124 years
Founding year: the first Elling Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Elling Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 46 to 38 (-17%).

Timeline

Elling Township, 1902 to 1958

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Elling post office opens
  3. 1906Post officeThe Elling post office closes
  4. 1913Post officeThe Orrin post office opens
  5. 1958On 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

Elling Township on the map, 1958 to 1980

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

Elling Township on the 1958 USGS mapElling Township on the 1980 USGS map1958Orrin 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 Elling Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Elling
1902–1906
Orrin
1913–today
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Orrin
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Elling Township
Sacred Heart CatholicSaint Mathis

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.

Round Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Elling Township’s history

What year was Elling Township founded?

The Elling Township post office opened in 1902, 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.