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History · Chance Township

Chance Township’s post office opened in 1901, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Chance Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Its Register listing is the Thomas J. Veal Ranch. Its Register listing is the Thomas J. Veal Ranch.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Chance Township began

When was Chance Township founded?

1901

The Chance Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Chance (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 37125 years
Founding year: the first Chance Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Chance Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Thomas J. Veal Ranch
Thomas J. Veal Ranch
Buildings
All 1 listings
Thomas J. Veal RanchBuilding · listed 1987

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 and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Chance
1cemetery inside Chance Township
Chance

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.

Foster Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeadow Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoreau TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLone Tree TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Chance Township’s history

What year was Chance Township founded?

The Chance Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Chance Township?

One place: the Thomas J. Veal Ranch (listed 1987).

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), 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.