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History · Algernon Township

57% of Algernon Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Algernon 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

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 places now gone

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

Round Grove
1880–1894
Battle Bend
1884–1887
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Battle Bend Post Officepost officeBattle Bend SchoolschoolGraystone SchoolschoolHappy Hollow SchoolschoolHopewell SchoolschoolLazy Hollow SchoolschoolMcIntosh SchoolschoolMount Pleasant SchoolschoolRound Grove Post Officepost officeRound Grove SchoolschoolUnion Hill SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool

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.

Ansley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMyrtle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoup TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.