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History · Rockford Township

The history of Rockford Township

Below: maps from 1983 on.

0on the National Register
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What stands out about Rockford 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 Rockford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Rockford Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rockford 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 21 to 17 (-19%).

Timeline

Rockford Township, 1911 to 1983

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Pleasantridge post office opens
  3. 1929Post officeThe Pleasantridge post office closes
  4. 1983On 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

Rockford Township on the map, 1983 to 1998

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

Rockford Township on the 1983 USGS mapRockford Township on the 1998 USGS map1983Bison NW 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 Rockford Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Rockford Township
Pleasant Ridge

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.

Burdick TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarshfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.