The story
Read it all →How Dustin Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Dustin Township.
A post office was established at Dustin in the 1880s. Dustin was likely named for a settler.
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History · Dustin Township
Dustin Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1951 on.
1883first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Dustin Township began
When was Dustin Township founded?
1883
The Dustin Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dustin (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 15143 years
Founding year: the first Dustin Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Dustin Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Dustin Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dustin 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.Timeline
Dustin Township, 1883 to 1957
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1883Post officeThe Dustin post office opens
- 20th century
- 1951
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1957Post officeThe Dustin post office closes
By decade
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Dustin Township on the map, 1951 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dustin Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1951Butte SW sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dustin Township.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Dustin Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Dustin, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Dustin
Gone or out of use
Dustin Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Dustin Township
Adams
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.
McCulley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBasin Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSand Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCleveland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSaratoga TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Dustin Township’s history
What year was Dustin Township founded?
The Dustin Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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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 Wikipedia, 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.