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History · Haven Township

Haven Township’s post office opened in 1896

Below: maps from 1900 on.

1896first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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How Haven Township began

When was Haven Township founded?

1896

The Haven Township post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Haven (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 57130 years
Founding year: the first Haven Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Haven 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 Haven Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1985. Watch Haven Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haven Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Haven Township on the map, 1900 to 1985

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

Haven Township on the 1900 USGS mapHaven Township on the 1951 USGS mapHaven Township on the 1985 USGS map1900Pingree 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 Haven Township.

The story so far

Haven Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1896. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 35 to 57 (+63%).

Timeline

Haven Township, 1896 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Haven post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1909Post officeThe Haven post office closes
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

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Haven Township
BrethrenJames River Church 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.

Rolling Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBucephalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLarrabee Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcKinnon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Haven Township’s history

What year was Haven Township founded?

The Haven Township post office opened in 1896, 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.