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History · Wayne Township

65% of Wayne Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Black Hawk Elementaty School and the Ole and Carris Johnson Ranch.

2on the National Register
65%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Wayne Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Black Hawk Elementaty School
Black Hawk Elementaty School, built 1916Ole and Carris Johnson Ranch
Buildings
All 2 listings
Black Hawk Elementaty SchoolBuilding · listed 1986Ole and Carris Johnson RanchBuilding · listed 1986

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 and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Wayne Township
Toles

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.

Belleview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConcord Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBadus Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wayne Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Wayne Township?

Two places: the Black Hawk Elementaty School (listed 1986) and the Ole and Carris Johnson Ranch (1986).

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), 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.