Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 7 buildings. Below: maps from 1919 on and old-book passages.
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 Jackson Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackson 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 Jackson Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Jackson Township.
The Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House, Book's Covered Bridge, Mount Pleasant Covered Bridge, and New Germantown Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Jackson Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The one on the Solomon Bower farm, in Jackson Township, now owned by Assemblyman Clark Bower, was built in 1794, when George Washington was President. An end was built to it in 1834 and a second story added in 1870. The large stone house on the C. A. Anderson farm, at Andersonburg, is another fine example.
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Toboyne Township was also the home of the Blaines, one of America's noted families, which gave to the country both then and since distinguished services, but as the lands taken up by these pioneers of that name were in that part of Toboyne which later became Jackson Township. The history pertaining to them is included in that of Jackson Township and the chapter devoted to the Blaine Family.
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Toboyne Township was also the home of the Blaines, one of America’s noted families, which gave to the country both then and since distinguished services, but as the lands taken up by these pioneers of that name were in that part of Toboyne which later became Jackson Township. ‘The history pertaining to them is included in that of Jackson Township and the chapter devoted to the Blaine Family.
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.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Jackson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Three places: the Book's Covered Bridge (listed 1980), the Mt. Pleasant Covered Bridge (1980) and the Bower Homestead Farm (2021).
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 (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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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