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History · Alberta Township

Alberta Township’s post office opened in 1886, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Alberta Township began, and where its name came from

When was Alberta Township founded?

1886

The Alberta Township post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Alberta (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 829140 years

How did Alberta Township get its name?

Alberta Township was named for an early settler named Albert.

Founding year: the first Alberta Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Alberta 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 Alberta Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Alberta Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alberta Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
BrennyvilleJakevilleNorth Benton
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Alberta Township
FairviewPolish ChurchSaint Elizabeth

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

The story so far

Alberta Township, in brief

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

Alberta Township is a township in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 818 as of the 2010 census. Alberta Township was organized in 1868. It was named for an early settler named Albert.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 818 in 2010, 829 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Alberta Township, 1886 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Alberta post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Alberta post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 map

Alberta Township on the map in 1968

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alberta Township.

Alberta Township on the 1968 USGS map1968Ramey sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Alberta Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Alberta Township

Nobody well known was born in Alberta Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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T. J. StilesAmerican biographer and historian · b. 1964
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John RensenbrinkPolitical scientist · b. 1928
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Gilman1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorrill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGraham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranite Ledge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGilmanton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Alberta Township’s history

What year was Alberta Township founded?

The Alberta Township post office opened in 1886, 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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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.