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History · Marion Township

Marion Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1897 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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How Marion Township began

When was Marion Township founded?

1874

The Marion Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Marion (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 105152 years
Founding year: the first Marion Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Marion 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 Marion Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18973 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1985. Watch Marion Township change.Old housesHalf of Marion Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Marion Township on the map, 1897 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Marion Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Marion Township on the 1897 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1973 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1985 USGS map1897Red Cloud sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Marion Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marion Township.

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Marion was platted in 1901. The community was named for Marion Powell, a landowner.

A post office was established at Marion in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Marion Township, 1874 to 1897

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Marion post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Marion post office closes
  4. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Marion Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Marion, NE2017Marion, NE
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

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

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.

Grant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAntelope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMacon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Bloomington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Marion Township’s history

What year was Marion Township founded?

The Marion Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.