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History · Stock Township

11% of Stock Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1903 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stock 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 Stock Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Stock Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19035 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 2002. Watch Stock Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stock Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Gassaways Mills
1820–1832
Berne
1832–1953
McCleary
1857–1904
Cliffyvillie
1887–1914
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CarlisleCliffyvilleEast Union
Gone or out of use
Archer SchoolschoolCliffyville Post Officepost officeCurtis ChurchchurchWhiteoak Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stock Township
ArcherCurtis RidgeEast UnionMount Tabor

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

On the map

Stock Township on the map, 1903 to 2002

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

Stock Township on the 1903 USGS mapStock Township on the 1961 USGS mapStock Township on the 1976 USGS mapStock Township on the 1994 USGS mapStock Township on the 2002 USGS map1903Macksburg sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Stock Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 312 (-4%).

Timeline

Stock Township, 1820 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1820Post officeThe Gassaways Mills post office opens
  3. 1832Post officeThe Gassaways Mills post office closes
  4. 1832Post officeThe Berne post office opens
  5. 1857Post officeThe McCleary post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1904Post officeThe McCleary post office closes
  9. 1953Post officeThe Berne post office closes
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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Marion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnoch Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.