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History · Moore Township

55% of Moore Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1986 on.

0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moore 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 Moore Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Moore Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Moore Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moore Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Moore Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moore 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 74 to 89 (+20%).

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Mansbridge
1891–1905
Hummer
1900–1905
18901960today
Gone or out of use
HummerlocaleHummerlocaleMansbridgelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moore Township
MorningsideSaint Paul Lutheran

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

Timeline

Moore Township, 1891 to 1986

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Mansbridge post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Hummer post office opens
  5. 1905Post officeThe Mansbridge post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Hummer post office closes
  7. 1986On 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

Moore Township on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moore Township.

Moore Township on the 1986 USGS map1986Lake Andes sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Moore Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rhoda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDarlington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGoose Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoward 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.