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History · Alvwood Township

Alvwood Township’s post office opened in 1904

Most of Alvwood Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1919 on.

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How Alvwood Township began

When was Alvwood Township founded?

1904

The Alvwood Township post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Alvwood (1904), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 48122 years
Founding year: the first Alvwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Alvwood 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 Alvwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1996. Watch Alvwood Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alvwood Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Alvwood Township on the map, 1919 to 1996

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

Alvwood Township on the 1919 USGS mapAlvwood Township on the 1971 USGS mapAlvwood Township on the 1996 USGS map1919Max sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Alvwood Township, in brief

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

Alvwood is an unincorporated community in Alvwood Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located between Deer River and Northome at the junction of State Highway 46 (MN 46) and Itasca County Road 13. County Road 29 is also in the vicinity. The Popple River flows through the area. Nearby places include Squaw Lake, Max, Bergville, Northome, and Blackduck. Alvwood is located nine miles northwest of Squaw Lake; and 37 miles northwest of Deer River. Alvwood is 13 miles east of Blackduck; and 10 miles south of Northome. ZIP codes 56630 (Blackduck) and 56661 (Northome) meet near Alvwood. The Chippewa National Forest and the Blackduck State Forest are both in the area...

Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 42 to 48 (+14%).

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

Timeline

Alvwood Township, 1904 to 1974

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Alvwood post office opens
  3. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1974Post officeThe Alvwood post office closes
By decade

Alvwood Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Alvwood, Minnesota2025Alvwood, Minnesota
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Alvwood
Gone or out of use
Alvwood Post Officepost office

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.

Moose Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKinghurst TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArdenhurst TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Alvwood Township’s history

What year was Alvwood Township founded?

The Alvwood Township post office opened in 1904, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.