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History · Iowa Township

100% of Iowa Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1895 on.

0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Iowa Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Iowa 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.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch Iowa Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Iowa Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCommittee on education & labor, 5/14/20: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Iowa Township on the map, 1895 to 1985

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

Iowa Township on the 1895 USGS mapIowa Township on the 1956 USGS mapIowa Township on the 1985 USGS map1895Byron 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 Iowa Township.

The story so far

Iowa Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Iowa 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 53 to 106 (+100%).

By decade

Iowa Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Committee on education & labor, 5/14/201920Committee on education & labor, 5/14/20
1930s–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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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.

Committee on education & labor, 5/14/20
Retake this viewCommittee on education & labor, 5/14/20, 1920

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

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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Riverside Colony
1cemetery inside Iowa Township
Atfield

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.

Fairfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Iowa Township’s history

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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 Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.