Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Brady Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1924 on, and old-book passages.
Brady Township was named for the Brady family, several of whom lived within its limits.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brady Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brady Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Brady Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Brady Township.
Brady Township was formed from Washington Township on January 31, 1855. It was named for the Brady family, several of whom lived within its limits. Until 1861, Brady Township also included what is now Gregg Township, Union County.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Brady Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Brady Township is situated on the river just south of Clinton Township and lies between it and Washington Township. It was set off from the latter January 31, 1855, and was named after the celebrated Brady family, who lived within its borders.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Brady Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Nobody well known was born in Brady Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Maple Hill, 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).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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