The story so far
Pearl Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pearl 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 39 to 64 (+64%).
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History · Pearl Township
55% of Pearl Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1899 on.
0on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Pearl Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Pearl Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pearl Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Pearl Township on the map, 1899 to 1985
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pearl Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1899Alexandria sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pearl Township.
Timeline
Pearl Township, 1881 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1881Post officeThe Dover post office opens
- 1899
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Dover 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumPlaces that used to be
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Dover, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Congressional ChurchchurchDover Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pearl Township
HillsideImmanuel Lutheran ChurchPleasant Hill
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.
Spring Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSun Prairie Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanova TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Pearl Township’s history
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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 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.