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History · Mount Carmel Township

Mount Carmel Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

1887first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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How Mount Carmel Township began

When was Mount Carmel Township founded?

1887

The Mount Carmel Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Maida (1884) and Mount Carmel (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 11139 years
Founding year: the first Mount Carmel Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Maida
1884–1967
Mount Carmel
1887–1967
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MaidaMount Carmel
1cemetery inside Mount Carmel Township
Mount Carmel Catholic

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.

West Hope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDresden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLangdon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Dresden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mount Carmel Township’s history

What year was Mount Carmel Township founded?

The Mount Carmel Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 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.