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History · Lostwood Township

Lostwood Township’s post office opened in 1907

Below: maps from 1953 on.

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How Lostwood Township began

When was Lostwood Township founded?

1907

The Lostwood Township post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lostwood (1907), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 55119 years
Founding year: the first Lostwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lostwood 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 Lostwood 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 Lostwood Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lostwood Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 40 to 55 (+38%).

Timeline

Lostwood Township, 1907 to 1974

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Lostwood post office opens
  3. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1974Post officeThe Lostwood post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Lostwood Township on the map, 1953 to 1974

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

Lostwood Township on the 1953 USGS mapLostwood Township on the 1974 USGS map1953Williston sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lostwood Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lostwood
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lostwood Township
German MennoniteLostwood

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.

Sidonia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPowers TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJames Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVanville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClearwater TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lostwood Township’s history

What year was Lostwood Township founded?

The Lostwood Township post office opened in 1907, 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.