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History · Yellowstone Township

1 of Yellowstone Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Fairview Lift Bridge. Most of Yellowstone Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Yellowstone Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yellowstone Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
DoreEast FairviewHarding
1cemetery inside Yellowstone Township
Fairview

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

The story so far

Yellowstone Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 417 to 448 (+7%).

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 National Register

1 historic place in Yellowstone 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
1997
Fairview Lift Bridge
Fairview Lift Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Railroad lift bridge1
Fairview Lift BridgeRailroad lift bridge

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sioux TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuford Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Yellowstone Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Yellowstone Township?

One place: the Fairview Lift Bridge (listed 1997).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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.