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History · Rugh Township

Rugh Township’s post office opened in 1884

Below: maps from 1939 on.

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How Rugh Township began

When was Rugh Township founded?

1884

The Rugh Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Rugh (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 23142 years
Founding year: the first Rugh Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rugh 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 Rugh 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 Rugh Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Rugh Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 26 to 23 (-12%).

Timeline

Rugh Township, 1884 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Rugh post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Rugh post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Rugh Township on the map, 1939 to 1963

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

Rugh Township on the 1939 USGS mapRugh Township on the 1963 USGS map1939Niagara 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 Rugh Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Rugh Township
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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.

Field TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOra TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdler TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoraine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Rugh Township’s history

What year was Rugh Township founded?

The Rugh Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.