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History · Midway Township

Half of Midway Township’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Midway Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1952 on.

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4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Midway 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 Midway 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 Midway Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Midway Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Midway 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 579 to 608 (+5%).

Timeline

Midway Township, 1899 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Parkhurst post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Parkhurst post office closes
  5. 1952On 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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On the map

Midway Township on the map, 1952 to 1990

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

Midway Township on the 1952 USGS mapMidway Township on the 1975 USGS mapMidway Township on the 1990 USGS map1952Eldridge 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 Midway Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Parkhurst
1cemetery inside Midway Township
Highland Home

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.

Jamestown9 historic placesBEldridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBloom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuchanan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFried 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.