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History · Geneseo Township

Half of Geneseo Township’s homes were built after 1980

Most of Geneseo Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Geneseo 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 Geneseo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Geneseo Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Geneseo Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Geneseo Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hartford BeachLinden BeachShady Beach
Gone or out of use
GenevalocaleSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4school
1cemetery inside Geneseo Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Geneseo Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Geneseo 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 271 to 305 (+13%).

Timeline

Geneseo Township, 1881 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Geneva post office opens
  3. 1897Post officeThe Geneva post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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 map

Geneseo Township on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

Geneseo Township on the 1971 USGS mapGeneseo Township on the 1985 USGS map1971Big Stone Lake SW sheet · 1:24,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLockwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMelrose TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Geneseo Township’s history

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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.