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History · Verner Township

Verner Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

1883first post office
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How Verner Township began

When was Verner Township founded?

1883

The Verner Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Verner (1883) and Hample (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 31143 years
Founding year: the first Verner Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Verner 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 Verner Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Verner Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Verner Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verner Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Verner Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 42 to 31 (-26%).

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Verner
1883–1896
Hample
1897–1905
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hample
1cemetery inside Verner Township
Scandinavian Hilltop

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

Timeline

Verner Township, 1883 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Verner post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Verner post office closes
  4. 1897Post officeThe Hample post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Hample post office closes
  7. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Verner Township on the map, 1952 to 1986

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

Verner Township on the 1952 USGS mapVerner Township on the 1986 USGS map1952Crete sheet · 1:24,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bear Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarlem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDenver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVivian TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Verner Township’s history

What year was Verner Township founded?

The Verner Township post office opened in 1883, 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.