Westby Township’s post office opened in 1910, and 92% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Alkabo School.
How Westby Township began
When was Westby Township founded?
The Westby Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Westby (1910) and Alkabo (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
1 historic place in Westby 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 old corners
Two other post offices 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 Westby Township’s history
What year was Westby Township founded?
The Westby Township post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Westby Township?
One place: the Alkabo School (listed 2010).
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.