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History · Oakwood Township

Oakwood Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Oakwood Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Its Register listings are the Intermill House and the Mortimer Cabin. Below: maps from 1968 on.

1874first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Oakwood Township began

When was Oakwood Township founded?

1874

The Oakwood Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Oakwood (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 202152 years
Founding year: the first Oakwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oakwood 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 Oakwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oakwood Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Oakwood Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 189 to 202 (+7%).

Timeline

Oakwood Township, 1869 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869BuiltMortimer Cabin is built
  3. 1874Post officeThe Oakwood post office opens
  4. 1894Post officeThe Oakwood post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1968On 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

Oakwood Township on the map, 1968 to 1985

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

Oakwood Township on the 1968 USGS mapOakwood Township on the 1985 USGS map1968Bruce 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 Oakwood Township.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Oakwood Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Intermill House
Intermill HouseMortimer Cabin, built 1869
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Colonial Revival1
All 2 listings
Intermill HouseBuilding · listed 1997Mortimer CabinBuilding · listed 2017

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Oakwoodlocale

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.

Winsor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVolga TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBruce1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSterling Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Oakwood Township’s history

What year was Oakwood Township founded?

The Oakwood Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Oakwood Township?

Two places: the Intermill House (listed 1997) and the Mortimer Cabin (2017).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.