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History · Glenwood Township

Glenwood Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1897 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Glenwood Township began

When was Glenwood Township founded?

1873

The Glenwood Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Glenwood (1873) and Komstad (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 201153 years
Founding year: the first Glenwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Glenwood 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 Glenwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18974 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1985. Watch Glenwood Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Glenwood Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glenwood Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Glenwood Township on the map, 1897 to 1985

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

Glenwood Township on the 1897 USGS mapGlenwood Township on the 1900 USGS mapGlenwood Township on the 1968 USGS mapGlenwood Township on the 1985 USGS map1897Canton 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 Glenwood 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.

Glenwood
1873–1887
Komstad
1876–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GlenwoodKomstad
Gone or out of use
Ash Creek SchoolschoolKomstad School Number 46schoolSeventh Day Adventist ChurchchurchWard Airfieldairport
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Glenwood Township
Danefield Seventh Day AdventHoudeHovdeKomstadSaint JohnsSaint Peters

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

The story so far

Glenwood Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 208 to 201 (-3%).

Timeline

Glenwood Township, 1873 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Glenwood post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Komstad post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Glenwood post office closes
  5. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Komstad post office closes
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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Riverside Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrooklyn Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfield Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Glenwood Township’s history

What year was Glenwood Township founded?

The Glenwood Township post office opened in 1873, 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 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.