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History · Potsdam Township

Half of Potsdam Township’s homes were built after 1969

Most of Potsdam Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Potsdam 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 Potsdam Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1982. Watch Potsdam Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Potsdam Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Potsdam Township on the map, 1894 to 1982

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

Potsdam Township on the 1894 USGS mapPotsdam Township on the 1925 USGS mapPotsdam Township on the 1982 USGS map1894Monango 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 Potsdam Township.

The story so far

Potsdam Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Potsdam 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 38 to 19 (-50%).

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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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Young TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGolden Glen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillowbank TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhitestone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.