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History · Sweet Township

52% of Sweet Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Old Maxwell Hutterite Colony and the Mettler Cattle Barn. Below: maps from 1898 on.

2on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sweet 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 Sweet Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Sweet Township change.Old housesHalf of Sweet Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sweet Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Sweet Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Sweet Township on the 1898 USGS mapSweet Township on the 1957 USGS mapSweet Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Olivet 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 Sweet Township.

The story so far

Sweet Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sweet 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 285 to 365 (+28%).

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 National Register

2 historic places in Sweet Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Old Maxwell Hutterite Colony
Old Maxwell Hutterite ColonyMettler Cattle Barn
Buildings
All 2 listings
Old Maxwell Hutterite ColonyBuilding · listed 1982Mettler Cattle BarnBuilding · listed 2025

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Maxwell Colony
Gone or out of use
Menno Airportairport

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.

Capital TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMolan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKassel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sweet Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Sweet Township?

Two places: the Old Maxwell Hutterite Colony (listed 1982) and the Mettler Cattle Barn (2025).

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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.