Villard Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Its Register listing is the Norway Lutheran Church and Cemetery.
How Villard Township began
When was Villard Township founded?
The Villard Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Villard (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
1 historic place in Villard Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Another post office, Villard, 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).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Villard Township’s history
What year was Villard Township founded?
The Villard Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Villard Township?
One place: the Norway Lutheran Church and Cemetery (listed 1994).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.