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History · Newburgh Township

Newburgh Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Beaver Creek Bridge.

1877first post office
1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Newburgh Township began

When was Newburgh Township founded?

1877

The Newburgh Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Newburgh (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 80149 years
Founding year: the first Newburgh Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Newburgh Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Beaver Creek Bridge
Beaver Creek Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pinned Pratt pony truss bridge1
All 1 listings
Beaver Creek BridgeStructure · listed 1997

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Newburghlocale
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Newburgh Township
Berg GraveyardBethel LutheranGoose River LutheranSondreaalStavens MemorialZoar Lutheran

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.

Beaver Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnger TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorthwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Newburgh Township’s history

What year was Newburgh Township founded?

The Newburgh Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Newburgh Township?

One place: the Beaver Creek Bridge (listed 1997).

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 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.