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History · Aldrich Township

37% of Aldrich Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1940.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Aldrich 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 Aldrich Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Aldrich Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The story

How Aldrich Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Aldrich Township.

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A post office called Aldrich has been in operation since 1877. The city was named for Cyrus Aldrich (1808–1871), a state legislator.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Aldrich Township, 1897 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Central post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Central post office closes
  5. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Aldrich Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Aldrich Township on the 1966 USGS mapAldrich Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Aldrich North 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 Aldrich Township.

People over time

Aldrich Township, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 152

Between 35 and 152 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Aldrich Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Aldrich Township
GreenlawnMother of SorrowsSaint Frederick's

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.

AldrichIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThomastown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBartlett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWing River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWadena TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.