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History · Grant Township

47% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grant Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1986. Watch Grant Township change.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1943.
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On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1907 to 1986

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

Grant Township on the 1907 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1964 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1986 USGS map1907Wyndmere 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 Grant Township.

The story so far

Grant Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grant 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 102 to 132 (+29%).

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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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grant Township
BohemianCatholicSaint JohnsStine

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.

Lidgerwood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDexter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoran TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDuerr TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKingston 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 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.