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History · Florance Township

27% of Florance Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Florance 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 Florance Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Florance Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Florance 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 32 to 52 (+63%).

Timeline

Florance Township, 1911 to 1985

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Juanita post office opens
  3. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1985Post officeThe Juanita post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Florance Township on the map, 1961 to 1985

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

Florance Township on the 1961 USGS mapFlorance Township on the 1985 USGS map1961Juanita 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 Florance Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Juanita

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.

Larrabee Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcHenry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRolling Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.