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History · Lausanne Township

Lausanne Township’s post office opened in 1806, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1806first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Lausanne Township began

When was Lausanne Township founded?

1806

The Lausanne Township post office opened in 1806, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Lausanne (1806) and Buck Mountain (1864), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 228220 years
Founding year: the first Lausanne Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lausanne 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 Lausanne Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18897 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1999. Watch Lausanne Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lausanne Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1806: 220 years of Lausanne Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lausanne Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Lausanne Township on the map, 1889 to 1999

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

Lausanne Township on the 1889 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1891 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1948 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1950 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1969 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1976 USGS mapLausanne Township on the 1999 USGS map1889Hazleton 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 Lausanne Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Lausanne
1806–1902
Buck Mountain
1864–1884
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buck Mountain
Gone or out of use
Buck Mountain Collierybuilding

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

The story

How Lausanne Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lausanne Township.

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The original population of Lausanne Landing was quite variable limited to a handful of year-round settlers and varying groups of itinerant workmen from expeditions sent to log, mine, or build boats. The current town population was 237 at the 2010 census. The township was named after Lausanne, in Switzerland and the bowl shaped valley near its first settlement at Lausanne Landing has often been called the Switzerland of America.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lausanne Township, 1806 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1806Post officeThe Lausanne post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Buck Mountain post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Buck Mountain post office closes
  5. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Lausanne post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lausanne Township

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

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Jack PalanceAmerican actor · b. 1919
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Benjamin BloomAmerican psychologist · b. 1913
Gene SnitskyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1970
Lou BarlettaAmerican politician · b. 1956
Richard MarcinkoNavy SEAL, Author · b. 1940
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Tom DeMarcoAmerican software engineer, author, and consult… · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lehigh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFoster Township1 historic placeAWeatherlyIts storyB−

Questions about Lausanne Township’s history

What year was Lausanne Township founded?

The Lausanne Township post office opened in 1806, 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, 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.