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History · Fair Township

88% of Fair Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 13 buildings. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1on the National Register
88%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fair Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fair Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Fair Township change.Old housesHalf of Fair Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fair Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Fair Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fair Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fair Township on the 1898 USGS mapFair Township on the 1978 USGS mapFair Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Olivet sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fair Township.

The story so far

Fair Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fair Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 79 to 100 (+27%).

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 13 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
13
each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Tucek-Sykora Farmstead
Tucek-Sykora Farmstead
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Czech Stone House1
Craftsman1
All 1 listings
Tucek-Sykora FarmsteadDistrict · listed 2009

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Hutterthallocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fair Township
CathedralFriedens ReformedGrace HillHoffnungstal

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.

Kaylor Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOak Hollow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGerman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fair Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Fair Township?

One place: the Tucek-Sykora Farmstead (listed 2009).

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), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.