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History · McNett Township

33% of McNett Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Ellenton
1883–1963
Chemung
1889–1906
Leolyn
1904–1944
Masten
1906–1942
Maston
1906–1906
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChemungEllentonLeolynMasten
1cemetery inside McNett Township
Ellenton

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.

Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCascade TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcIntyre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanton TownshipIts storyB

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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 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.