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History · Monterey Township

Monterey Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 82% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
82%homes built before 1940
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How Monterey Township began

When was Monterey Township founded?

1882

The Monterey Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Monterey (1882) and Aloys (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 169144 years
Founding year: the first Monterey Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Monterey 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 Monterey Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Monterey Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Monterey Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Monterey Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monterey Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Monterey Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Monterey Township.

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A post office was established at Monterey in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. The town name commemorates the Battle of Monterrey in the Mexican–American War.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Monterey
1882–1905
Aloys
1895–1902
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AloysMonterey
Gone or out of use
Aloys Post Officepost officeMonterey Post Officepost officeSchool Number 41school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Monterey Township
Saint BonifaceSaint Wenceslaus

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Monterey Township, 1882 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Monterey post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Aloys post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Aloys post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Monterey post office closes
  7. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Monterey Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Monterey Township on the 1966 USGS mapMonterey Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Monterey 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 Monterey Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Monterey Township

Nobody well known was born in Monterey Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tim WalzAmerican politician · b. 1964
George DernAmerican politician · b. 1872
Martin E. MartyAmerican historian of religion, educator, autho… · b. 1928
Mel HarderAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1909
Richard C. HunterAmerican politician · b. 1884
Joe StecherAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Elkhorn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Charles TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Monterey Township’s history

What year was Monterey Township founded?

The Monterey Township post office opened in 1882, 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 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.