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History · Lovell Township

14% of Lovell Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lovell 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 Lovell Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Lovell Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lovell Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Lovell Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Lovell Township on the 1896 USGS mapLovell Township on the 1956 USGS mapLovell Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Columbia 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 Lovell Township.

The story so far

Lovell Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 42 to 55 (+31%).

Timeline

Lovell Township, 1883 to 1896

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Ticeville post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Ticeville post office closes
  4. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Tieevillelocale
1cemetery inside Lovell Township
Ludden

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.

Port Emma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLuddenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouthwest 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 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.