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History · St. Bernard Township

St. Bernard Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

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How St. Bernard Township began

When was St. Bernard Township founded?

1879

The St. Bernard Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saint Bernard (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 502147 years
Founding year: the first St. Bernard Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about St. Bernard Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How St. Bernard Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of St. Bernard Township.

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Saint Bernard was laid out in 1878 on behalf of Bernard Schroeder. It was originally built up chiefly by Germans.

A post office was established at Saint Bernard in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Famous people

Famous people close to St. Bernard Township

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

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Alfred GruentherUnited States Army general · b. 1899
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Armitage TrailAmerican crime writer · b. 1902
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Bonnie C. TempletonAmerican botanist · b. 1906
Francis P. Matthews8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus · b. 1887
Horace L. McBrideUnited States general · b. 1894
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Max CarlAmerican musician · b. 1950
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Bernard
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Saint Bernard Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside St. Bernard Township
Holy FamilySaint BernardSaint Pauls

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.

Granville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJoliet Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about St. Bernard Township’s history

What year was St. Bernard Township founded?

The St. Bernard Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.