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History · Windham Township

11% of Windham Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1945 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Windham Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Windham Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Windham Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Scottsville
1826–1911
North Flat
1836–1860
Golden Hill
1849–1911
Jenningsville
1856–1911
Stowell
1894–1911
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
JenningsvilleScottsvilleStowell
1cemetery inside Windham Township
North Flat

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

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Start Windham Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Windham Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Windham Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Windham Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 841 to 733 (-13%).

Timeline

Windham Township, 1826 to 1945

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Scottsville post office opens
  3. 1836Post officeThe North Flat post office opens
  4. 1849Post officeThe Golden Hill post office opens
  5. 1860Post officeThe North Flat post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1911Post officeThe Scottsville post office closes
  8. 1911Post officeThe Golden Hill post office closes
  9. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Windham Township on the map, 1945 to 1969

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

Windham Township on the 1945 USGS mapWindham Township on the 1969 USGS map1945Jenningsville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Windham Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Braintrim TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForkston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeshoppen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMehoopany TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.