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History · Wheelock Township

Wheelock Township’s post office opened in 1902, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

1902first post office
0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Wheelock Township began

When was Wheelock Township founded?

1902

The Wheelock Township post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wheelock (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 51124 years
Founding year: the first Wheelock Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Wheelock, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wheelock
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wheelock Township
Dunkard ChurchWheelock

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.

Oliver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEquality TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarshall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrooklyn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wheelock Township’s history

What year was Wheelock Township founded?

The Wheelock Township post office opened in 1902, 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 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.