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History · German Township

Half of German Township’s homes were built after 1967

Most of German Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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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.

Eliza
1883–1883
Rezek
1901–1907
Beardsley
1920–1936
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Beardsley
Gone or out of use
ElizalocaleRezek Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside German Township
Bethel 1Christina Hensel Koth GravesiteLakePietzRosenfeld

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.

Kulm TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSharon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFair Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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 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.