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History · Tiffany Township

Tiffany Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 87% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1944 on.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
87%homes built before 1940
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How Tiffany Township began

When was Tiffany Township founded?

1882

The Tiffany Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Tiffany (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 37144 years
Founding year: the first Tiffany Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Tiffany Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 31 to 37 (+19%).

Timeline

Tiffany Township, 1882 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Tiffany post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Post officeThe Tiffany post office closes
  5. 1944On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Tiffany Township on the map, 1944 to 1950

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

Tiffany Township on the 1944 USGS mapTiffany Township on the 1950 USGS map1944Brantford 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 Tiffany Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Tiffany, 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.

Hillsdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheldon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColumbia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Tiffany Township’s history

What year was Tiffany Township founded?

The Tiffany Township post office opened in 1882, 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 and 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.