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History · Genoa Township

Genoa Township dates to 1857, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the U.S. Indian Industrial School. Its Register listing is the U.S. Indian Industrial School.

1857founded
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Genoa Township began

When was Genoa Township founded?

1857

Genoa Township dates its founding to 1857 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree).

2020 census: 232169 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.
On the National Register

1 historic place in Genoa Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
18
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
U.S. Indian Industrial School
U.S. Indian Industrial School
Buildings
U.S. Indian Industrial SchoolBuilding

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Glendale SchoolschoolKentlocaleSkeedee SchoolschoolValley View Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Genoa Township
Valley View

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.

Prairie Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOconee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCouncil Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Genoa Township’s history

What year was Genoa Township founded?

In 1857, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town.

What is on the National Register in Genoa Township?

One place: the U.S. Indian Industrial School (listed 1978).

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 National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.