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History · Olivia Township

The history of Olivia Township

Below: maps from 1929 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Olivia 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 Olivia 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 Olivia Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Olivia Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Olivia 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 40 to 35 (-13%).

Timeline

Olivia Township, 1916 to 1958

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1916Post officeThe Kongsberg post office opens
  3. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1958Post officeThe Kongsberg post office closes
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 map

Olivia Township on the map, 1929 to 1958

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

Olivia Township on the 1929 USGS mapOlivia Township on the 1958 USGS map1929Kongsberg 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 Olivia Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Kongsberg
1cemetery inside Olivia Township
Saint John 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.

Bjornson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCottonwood Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVoltaire TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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.