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History · Norway Township

41% of Norway Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Norway Bridge. Below: maps from 1918 on.

1on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Norway 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 Norway Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1967. Watch Norway Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Norway Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Norway Township on the map, 1918 to 1967

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

Norway Township on the 1918 USGS mapNorway Township on the 1943 USGS mapNorway Township on the 1967 USGS map1918Kelso sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Norway Township.

The story so far

Norway Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 169 to 161 (-5%).

By decade

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 National Register

1 historic place in Norway 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
Norway Bridge
Norway Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt pony truss bridge1
Norway BridgePratt pony truss bridge

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

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Norway Township
Aal LutheranGranNorway Lutheran

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.

Bloomfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEldorado TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Norway Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Norway Township?

One place: the Norway 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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.