The story
Read it all →How Munster Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Munster Township.
The township was perhaps named after the province of Munster in Ireland.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Munster Township
Munster Township’s post office opened in 1816, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the A. W. Buck House. Below: maps from 1902 on.
1816first post office
1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Munster Township began
When was Munster Township founded?
1816
The Munster Township post office opened in 1816, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Munster (1816), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 653210 years
Founding year: the first Munster Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Munster 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 Munster Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19025 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1994. Watch Munster Township change.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Munster Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1816: 210 years of Munster Township.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Munster Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Munster Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Munster Township on the map, 1902 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Munster Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Ebensburg sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Munster Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Another post office, Munster, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
KaylorLovell ParkLucketMunsterNoel
Gone or out of use
Krug Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Munster Township, 1816 to 1905
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
1 historic place in Munster Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
A. W. Buck House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Queen Anne1
Victorian1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Munster Township
Nobody well known was born in Munster Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
M
Michael RusnakAmerican Catholic priest · b. 1921
J
John Michael KudrickGreek Catholic bishop · b. 1947Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Munster Township’s history
What year was Munster Township founded?
The Munster Township post office opened in 1816, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Munster Township?
One place: the A. W. Buck House (listed 1995).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Start a conversation
Sources
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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.