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History · Moreau Township

Moreau Township’s post office opened in 1907

Most of Moreau Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Moreau Township began

When was Moreau Township founded?

1907

The Moreau Township post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Moreau (1907), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 20119 years
Founding year: the first Moreau Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Moreau, 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).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Chaudoin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnglewood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMartin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChance Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Moreau Township’s history

What year was Moreau Township founded?

The Moreau Township post office opened in 1907, 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 the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.