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History · Oneida Township

100% of Oneida Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Oneida 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 Oneida Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Oneida Township.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Oneida Township change.Old housesHalf of Oneida Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oneida Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Brookings Crossing
1879–1880
Alwilda
1880–1907
Aurelia
1880–1882
Callihan
1884–1907
18701950today
Gone or out of use
AlwildalocaleAurelialocaleBrookings CrossinglocaleCallihanlocaleFlorencelocaleLooby SchoolschoolShaffer Schoolschool

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

On the map

Oneida Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Oneida Township on the 1898 USGS mapOneida Township on the 1957 USGS mapOneida Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Huron sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Oneida Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oneida 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 27 to 37 (+37%).

Timeline

Oneida Township, 1879 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Brookings Crossing post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Brookings Crossing post office closes
  4. 1880Post officeThe Alwilda post office opens
  5. 1880Post officeThe Aurelia post office opens
  6. 1882Post officeThe Aurelia post office closes
  7. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1907Post officeThe Alwilda post office closes
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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Benedict TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFloyd TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSilver Creek Township1 historic placenot 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.