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History · Upland Township

Upland Township’s post office opened in 1911

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How Upland Township began

When was Upland Township founded?

1911

The Upland Township post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Upland (1911), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 20115 years
Founding year: the first Upland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Upland, 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.

Border TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPalmer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFrazier TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHayland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlooming Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Upland Township’s history

What year was Upland Township founded?

The Upland Township post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.