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History · Kennedy Township

Kennedy Township’s post office opened in 1908, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on.

1908first post office
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15%homes built before 1940
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How Kennedy Township began

When was Kennedy Township founded?

1908

The Kennedy Township post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kennedy (1908), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 37118 years
Founding year: the first Kennedy Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kennedy 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 Kennedy Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kennedy Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Kennedy Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 33 to 37 (+12%).

Timeline

Kennedy Township, 1908 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Kennedy post office opens
  3. 1915Post officeThe Kennedy post office closes
  4. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Kennedy Township on the map, 1973 to 1980

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

Kennedy Township on the 1973 USGS mapKennedy Township on the 1980 USGS map1973Enterprise School 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 Kennedy Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Kennedy Township
Saint Helena

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.

Strehlow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWagendorf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCedar Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarroll TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTepee Butte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kennedy Township’s history

What year was Kennedy Township founded?

The Kennedy Township post office opened in 1908, 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.