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History · Lynn Township

Lynn Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on.

1883first post office
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Quick answers

How Lynn Township began

When was Lynn Township founded?

1883

The Lynn Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lynn (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 31143 years
Founding year: the first Lynn Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lynn 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 Lynn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lynn Township’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lynn Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Lynn Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 41 to 31 (-24%).

Timeline

Lynn Township, 1883 to 1973

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Lynn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Post officeThe Lynn post office closes
  5. 1973On 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

Lynn Township on the map, 1973 to 1985

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

Lynn Township on the 1973 USGS mapLynn Township on the 1985 USGS map1973Lynn Lake 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 Lynn Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Lynnlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lynn Township
BergenSkudesnes Lutheran Church

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.

Raritan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKidder TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndependence TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lynn Township’s history

What year was Lynn Township founded?

The Lynn Township post office opened in 1883, 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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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.