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History · Scandinavia Township

Scandinavia Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Scandinavia Township began

When was Scandinavia Township founded?

1879

The Scandinavia Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Skjold (1877), Deuel (1878) and Scandinavia (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 223147 years
Founding year: the first Scandinavia Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Scandinavia 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 Scandinavia Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Scandinavia Township.Old housesHalf of Scandinavia Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Scandinavia Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Scandinavia Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Skjold
1877–1901
Deuel
1878–1878
Scandinavia
1879–1890
Deuel
1882–1904
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Battle Creek SchoolschoolDeuel Post Officepost officeGood View SchoolschoolHillside SchoolschoolScandinavia Post Officepost officeSkjold Post Officepost officeSnow Mound Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Scandinavia Township
BethanyBethlehemSwedish Mission ChurchWood Lake

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

The story so far

Scandinavia Township, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 208 to 223 (+7%).

Timeline

Scandinavia Township, 1877 to 1901

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Skjold post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Deuel post office opens
  4. 1878Post officeThe Deuel post office closes
  5. 1879Post officeThe Scandinavia post office opens
  6. 1890Post officeThe Scandinavia post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1901Post officeThe Skjold 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.

TorontoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorden Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Hendricks Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Scandinavia Township’s history

What year was Scandinavia Township founded?

The Scandinavia Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.