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History · Pratt Township

Pratt Township’s post office opened in 1900

Most of Pratt Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979.

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0on the National Register
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How Pratt Township began

When was Pratt Township founded?

1900

The Pratt Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pratt (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 61126 years
Founding year: the first Pratt Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

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

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.

Deep River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrilley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewborg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pratt Township’s history

What year was Pratt Township founded?

The Pratt Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.