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History · Oak Gulch Township

62% of Oak Gulch Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oak Gulch 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 Oak Gulch Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Oak Gulch Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oak Gulch 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 24 to 23 (-4%).

Timeline

Oak Gulch Township, 1908 to 1973

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Crandall post office opens
  3. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1973Post officeThe Crandall post office closes
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On the map

Oak Gulch Township on the map, 1958 to 1985

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

Oak Gulch Township on the 1958 USGS mapOak Gulch Township on the 1985 USGS map1958Crandall 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 Oak Gulch Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Crandall

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.

Troy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScotland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWarren TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConde 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.