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History · Badus Township

Badus Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 157 buildings.

1879first post office
2on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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How Badus Township began

When was Badus Township founded?

1879

The Badus Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Badus (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 60147 years
Founding year: the first Badus Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 listings protect 158 historic buildings

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
158
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus
St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus, built 1884Lake Badus Rural Agricultural Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular Gothic1
Wisconsin Dairy Barn1
Transverse Frame Barn1
Front Gable Barn1
Folk Victorian1
American Foursquare1
All 2 listings
St. Ann's Catholic Church of BadusBuilding · listed 1979Lake Badus Rural Agricultural Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2003

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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Badus Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Badus Township
Saint Ann's

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.

Nunda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarmington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Lake Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Badus Township’s history

What year was Badus Township founded?

The Badus Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Badus Township?

Two places: the St. Ann's Catholic Church of Badus (listed 1979) and the Lake Badus Rural Agricultural Historic District (2003).

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 (2), 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.