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History · Independence Township

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

Below: maps from 1979 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Independence 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 Independence Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Independence Township.Old housesHalf of Independence Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Independence 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 and places now gone

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

Huston
1882–1887
Maitland
1883–1887
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Armour Landing StripairportBaird SchoolschoolClaybaugh SchoolschoolEvans SchoolschoolHustonlocaleHuston SchoolschoolMaitlandlocale

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

The story so far

Independence Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Independence 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 119 to 105 (-12%).

Timeline

Independence Township, 1882 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Huston post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Maitland post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Huston post office closes
  5. 1887Post officeThe Maitland post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1979On 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

Independence Township on the map, 1979 to 1986

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

Independence Township on the 1979 USGS mapIndependence Township on the 1986 USGS map1979Armour 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 Independence Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Chester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArmour2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKennedy Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Choteau 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.