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History · Ervin Township

26% of Ervin Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 45 buildings. Below: maps from 1971 on.

1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ervin 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 Ervin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Baukol Historic District takes in 45 historic buildings.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ervin Township’s history is told.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 45 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts
first listed
2023
Baukol Historic District
Baukol Historic District
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Baukol Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2023

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Ervin Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 160 to 173 (+8%).

Timeline

Ervin Township, 1881 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Cumings post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Post officeThe Cumings post office closes
  5. 1922Post officeThe Cummings post office opens
  6. 1971On 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

Ervin Township on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

Ervin Township on the 1971 USGS mapErvin Township on the 1985 USGS map1971Buxton 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 Ervin Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Cumings
1881–1922
Cummings
1922–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Cummings
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ervin Township
CummingsHighland Lutheran

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.

Wold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStavanger TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEldorado TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBingham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ervin Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Ervin Township?

One place: the Baukol Historic District (listed 2023).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.