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History · Norden Township

17% of Norden Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Norden 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 Norden Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Norden Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Norden Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Poinset
1878–1884
Nora
1882–1888
Poinsett
1890–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Alsville
Gone or out of use
NoralocalePoinsettlocalePoinsett Post Officepost office
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Norden Township
ApostolicEast NordenLake Norden BaptistOlivetTrinity LutheranWest Norden

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

The story so far

Norden Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Norden 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 511 to 625 (+22%).

Timeline

Norden Township, 1878 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Poinset post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Nora post office opens
  4. 1884Post officeThe Poinset post office closes
  5. 1888Post officeThe Nora post office closes
  6. 1890Post officeThe Poinsett post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906Post officeThe Poinsett post office closes
  9. 1969On 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

Norden Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Norden Township on the 1969 USGS mapNorden Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Lake Norden 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 Norden Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hayti TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCleveland Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFlorence Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEstelline Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLaketon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBadger Township3 historic placesnot 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.