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History · Sydney Township

Sydney Township’s post office opened in 1913

Most of Sydney Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1896 on.

1913first post office
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How Sydney Township began

When was Sydney Township founded?

1913

The Sydney Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Sydney (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 79113 years
Founding year: the first Sydney Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sydney 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 Sydney Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1986. Watch Sydney Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sydney Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Sydney Township on the map, 1896 to 1986

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

Sydney Township on the 1896 USGS mapSydney Township on the 1952 USGS mapSydney Township on the 1986 USGS map1896Jamestown sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sydney Township.

The story so far

Sydney Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1913. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 78 in 2010, 79 in 2020.

Timeline

Sydney Township, 1896 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Sydney post office opens
  5. 1974Post officeThe Sydney 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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
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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.

Severn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodbury TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCorwin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sydney Township’s history

What year was Sydney Township founded?

The Sydney Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.