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History · Bossko Township

Bossko Township’s post office opened in 1892, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

1892first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Bossko Township began

When was Bossko Township founded?

1892

The Bossko Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Bossko (1892) and Otto (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 28134 years
Founding year: the first Bossko Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Bossko
1892–1905
Otto
1902–1909
18901960today
Gone or out of use
OttolocaleSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bossko Township
Mayasan PresbyterianSpring Valley

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.

Questions about Bossko Township’s history

What year was Bossko Township founded?

The Bossko Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.