Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1960.
Kranzburg Township dates its founding to 1878 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.
Kranzburg Township was named in honor of the four Kranz brothers who settled there.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kranzburg Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Kranzburg Township.
Kranzburg was platted in 1879. It was named in honor of the four Kranz brothers who settled there. All four of the Kranz brothers were immigrants from Vianden, Luxembourg. A post office has been in operation in Kranzburg since 1879.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kranzburg Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kranzburg Township.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 132 and 185 people in every census since 1960.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kranzburg Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Kranzburg Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Alto, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1878, according to Wikidata. Kranzburg Township’s post office opened in 1890, and the census of 1960 counted 156 people here.
One place: the Nicholas T. Ries Farmstead (listed 1988).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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