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History · Emmet Township

Emmet Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 82% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Nora Store and the Star School District 61.

1877first post office
2on the National Register
82%homes built before 1940
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How Emmet Township began

When was Emmet Township founded?

1877

The Emmet Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Emmet (1877), Brule (1886) and Nora (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 253149 years
Founding year: the first Emmet Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Emmet Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
Nora Store
Nora Store, built 1907Star School District 61, built 1930
Buildings
Nora StoreBuilt 1907
Star School District 61Built 1930

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

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

Emmet
1877–1900
Brule
1886–1891
Nora
1891–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EmmetHill SideNora
Gone or out of use
Nora Post Officepost officeSchool Number 43school
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Emmet Township
NoraOlbue LersethRoseni Lutheran ChurchSaint Joseph CatholicSteadman

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.

Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Springs TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfield Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpink Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Emmet Township’s history

What year was Emmet Township founded?

The Emmet Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Emmet Township?

Two places: the Nora Store (listed 2007) and the Star School District 61 (2008).

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.