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History · Lake George Township

100% of Lake George Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake George 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 Lake George Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lake George Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake George 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 34 to 24 (-29%).

Timeline

Lake George Township, 1883 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Colvin post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Colvin post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Lake George Township on the map, 1955 to 1990

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

Lake George Township on the 1955 USGS mapLake George Township on the 1990 USGS map1955Mitchell 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 Lake George Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Colvin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Colvinlocale
1cemetery inside Lake George Township
Lake George

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Forbes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Roche Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle 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.