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Homestead Township’s post office opened in 1894

Most of Homestead Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1907 on.

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How Homestead Township began

When was Homestead Township founded?

1894

The Homestead Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Homestead (1894), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 85132 years
Founding year: the first Homestead Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Homestead 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 Homestead 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 Homestead Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Homestead Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Homestead Township on the map, 1907 to 1986

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

Homestead Township on the 1907 USGS mapHomestead Township on the 1960 USGS mapHomestead 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 Homestead Township.

The story so far

Homestead Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 90 to 85 (-6%).

Timeline

Homestead Township, 1894 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Homestead post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1930Post officeThe Homestead post office closes
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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, Homestead, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Homestead Township
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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.

West End TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarborg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAntelope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Homestead Township’s history

What year was Homestead Township founded?

The Homestead Township post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.