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History · Viola Township

43% of Viola Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Nesmith School Number 3schoolShultz School Number 2schoolSolberg School Number 1school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Viola Township
CharityUnionViola Valley

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.

Anina Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWessington Springs TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlaine Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.