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History · Fountain Township

27% of Fountain Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fountain 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 Fountain Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1985. Watch Fountain Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Fountain Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fountain Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Fountain Township on the map, 1899 to 1985

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

Fountain Township on the 1899 USGS mapFountain Township on the 1970 USGS mapFountain Township on the 1985 USGS map1899Northville 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 Fountain Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Mayberry
1883–1885
Craven
1910–1917
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CravenCraven Corner
Gone or out of use
Mayberrylocale
1cemetery inside Fountain Township
New Straasburg

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Fountain Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 71 to 69 (-3%).

Timeline

Fountain Township, 1883 to 1917

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Mayberry post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Mayberry post office closes
  4. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910Post officeThe Craven post office opens
  7. 1917Post officeThe Craven post office closes
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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Cortlandt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIpswich TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.