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History · Canistota Township

Canistota Township dates to 1883, and 67% of its homes were built before 1940

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67%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Canistota Township began

When was Canistota Township founded?

1883

Canistota Township dates its founding to 1883 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1878.

2020 census: 139143 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1878.
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Ortman Landing Stripairport
1cemetery inside Canistota Township
Canistota

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.

Emery Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Canistota Township’s history

What year was Canistota Township founded?

In 1883, according to Wikidata. Canistota Township’s post office opened in 1878.

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.