Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Eureka Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Eureka Township

Half of Eureka Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Eureka Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Eureka 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 Eureka Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Eureka Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eureka Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Eureka Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eureka 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 367 to 415 (+13%).

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Eureka Township on the map, 1949 to 1979

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

Eureka Township on the 1949 USGS mapEureka Township on the 1951 USGS mapEureka Township on the 1966 USGS mapEureka Township on the 1979 USGS map1949Burlington SE 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 Eureka Township.

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ruthville
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eureka Township
Emmanuel LutheranSunset Memorial Gardens

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.

Minot12 historic placesBMcKinley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storyC−Kirkelie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eureka Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 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.