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History · Star Township

13% of Star Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Sample-Lindblaum House.

1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Star Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
Sample-Lindblaum House
Sample-Lindblaum House, built 1948
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Lustron Westchester1
Sample-Lindblaum HouseLustron Westchester · Built 1948

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, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
ShawStar Corner
Gone or out of use
Bellview SchoolschoolBijou Ridge SchoolschoolIreland School Number 54schoolMount Pleasant School Number 32schoolSaint Collumbkille Catholic ChurchchurchShaw SchoolschoolStar Corner Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Star Township
Columkill

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.

Irene1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarindahl Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDaneville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBethel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverside Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Star Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Star Township?

One place: the Sample-Lindblaum House (listed 1998).

Memory lane

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

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.