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History · Glendale Township

Glendale Township’s post office opened in 1886, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1953 on.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Glendale Township began

When was Glendale Township founded?

1886

The Glendale Township post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Cedar (1884) and Glendale (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 12140 years
Founding year: the first Glendale Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glendale 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Glendale Township.
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Start Glendale Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHand County, South Dakota (1892): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Cedar
1884–1903
Glendale
1886–1912
18801950today
Gone or out of use
CedarlocaleGlendalelocale

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

The story so far

Glendale Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11 to 12 (+9%).

Timeline

Glendale Township, 1884 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Cedar post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Glendale post office opens
  4. 1892In the archiveHand County, South Dakota (1892)
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Cedar post office closes
  7. 1912Post officeThe Glendale post office closes
  8. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Glendale Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Hand County, South Dakota (1892)1892Hand County, South Dakota (1892)
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Glendale Township on the map, 1953 to 1985

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

Glendale Township on the 1953 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1985 USGS map1953Huron sheet · 1:250,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Hand County, South Dakota (1892)
Retake this viewHand County, South Dakota (1892), 1892

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Glendale Township’s page.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ohio TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMondamin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCedar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Glendale Township’s history

What year was Glendale Township founded?

The Glendale Township post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.