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History · Isabel Township

The history of Isabel Township

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Isabel 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 Isabel Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Isabel Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Isabel Township.

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On October 20, 1939, a lost pet crow belonging to farmer Ben Alberts from near Brooks, Alberta was shot dead by Isabel rancher J. H. Wortman, after having travelled 800 miles south. Identification of the pet was possible through his name tag. He became lost south because he tried to migrate south.

The now-abandoned Isabel Country School once existed in the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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On the map

Isabel Township on the map, 1958 to 1985

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

Isabel Township on the 1958 USGS mapIsabel Township on the 1985 USGS map1958Harlow SW 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 Isabel 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
Isabel
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Isabel Township
Immanuel Lutheran ChurchVasa Lutheran

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.

Esmond TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlbert 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 Wikipedia, 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.