McKinney Township’s post office opened in 1889, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of McKinney Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Its Register listing is the Mckinney Cemetery.
How McKinney Township began
When was McKinney Township founded?
The McKinney Township post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, McKinney (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
1 historic place in McKinney Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to McKinney Township
Nobody well known was born in McKinney Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Another post office, McKinney, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about McKinney Township’s history
What year was McKinney Township founded?
The McKinney Township post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in McKinney Township?
One place: the Mckinney Cemetery (listed 1978).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.