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History · Strege Township

39% of Strege Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1930 on.

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Strege 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 Strege Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Strege Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strege Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Brushlake
1900–1902
Drake
1902–today
Guthrie
1911–1946
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Guthrie
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Strege Township
Saint Johns LutheranUnion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Strege Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Strege 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 29 (-28%).

Timeline

Strege Township, 1900 to 1946

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Brushlake post office opens
  3. 1902Post officeThe Brushlake post office closes
  4. 1902Post officeThe Drake post office opens
  5. 1911Post officeThe Guthrie post office opens
  6. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1946Post officeThe Guthrie 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

Strege Township on the map, 1930 to 1958

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

Strege Township on the 1930 USGS mapStrege Township on the 1958 USGS map1930Drake 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 Strege Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Balfour TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSchiller 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, 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.