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History · Pickering Township

Pickering Township dates to 1920, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Pickering Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings.

1920founded
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Pickering Township began

When was Pickering Township founded?

1920

Pickering Township dates its founding to 1920 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1906.

2020 census: 200106 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1906.
On the National Register

1 listing protects 4 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Ole Crogen Farm District
Ole Crogen Farm District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Farmstead Architecture1
All 1 listings
Ole Crogen Farm DistrictDistrict · listed 1987

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, old corners and burying grounds

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

Carbury
1906–1984
Roth
1908–1964
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Carbury
1cemetery inside Pickering Township
Mount Saint Mark

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.

Bottineau1 historic placeC+Oak Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDalen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhitteron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPeabody TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pickering Township’s history

What year was Pickering Township founded?

In 1920, according to Wikidata. Pickering Township’s post office opened in 1906.

What is on the National Register in Pickering Township?

One place: the Ole Crogen Farm District (listed 1987).

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.