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History · Argo Township

Argo Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Micheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof Barn. Below: maps from 1970 on.

1880first post office
1on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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How Argo Township began

When was Argo Township founded?

1880

The Argo Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Argo (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 227146 years
Founding year: the first Argo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Argo 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 Argo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Argo Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Argo Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 131 to 227 (+73%).

Timeline

Argo Township, 1880 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Argo post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Argo post office closes
  5. 1920BuiltMicheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof Barn is built
  6. 1970On 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

Argo Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Argo Township on the 1970 USGS mapArgo Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Toronto 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 Argo Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Argo Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Micheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof Barn
Micheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof Barn, built 1920
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Arched-Roof Barn1
Micheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof BarnGothic Arched-Roof Barn · Built 1920

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Argo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Red Willow Colony
Gone or out of use
Argolocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Argo Township
Pioneer LutheranSaint Pauls

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.

Eureka Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOak Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAfton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Argo Township’s history

What year was Argo Township founded?

The Argo Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Argo Township?

One place: the Micheel, Herman F., Gothic Arched-Roof Barn (listed 1991).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.