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History · Wamduska Township

Wamduska Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Wamduska Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Its Register listing is the Old Settler's Pavilion.

1882first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Wamduska Township began

When was Wamduska Township founded?

1882

The Wamduska Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Harrisburgh (1882), Wamduska (1882) and Harrisburg (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 28144 years
Founding year: the first Wamduska Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Wamduska Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2010
Old Settler's Pavilion
Old Settler's Pavilion
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Recreational Pavilion1
All 1 listings
Old Settler's PavilionBuilding · listed 2010

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Harrisburgh
1882–1895
Wamduska
1882–1908
Harrisburg
1895–1909
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HarrisburgWamduska

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.

Central TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsago TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeval TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDodds TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamlin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wamduska Township’s history

What year was Wamduska Township founded?

The Wamduska 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 Wamduska Township?

One place: the Old Settler's Pavilion (listed 2010).

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 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.