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History · Addison Township

Addison Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 86% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

1880first post office
0on the National Register
86%homes built before 1940
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How Addison Township began

When was Addison Township founded?

1880

The Addison Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Addison (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 122146 years
Founding year: the first Addison Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Addison 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 Addison Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Addison Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Addison Township, in brief

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

Addison Township is one of thirty townships in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census. A 2023 estimate placed the township's population at 125.

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 138 to 122 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Addison Township, 1880 to 1974

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Addison post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Addison post office closes
  5. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 map

Addison Township on the map in 1974

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Addison Township.

Addison Township on the 1974 USGS map1974Lindy sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Addison Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Grimm Farm Airportairport

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.

Peoria TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHill Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHerrick TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastern TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDolphin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Addison Township’s history

What year was Addison Township founded?

The Addison Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.