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History · Arago Township

Arago Township’s post office opened in 1897

Most of Arago Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1972 on.

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How Arago Township began

When was Arago Township founded?

1897

The Arago Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Arago (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 606129 years
Founding year: the first Arago Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Arago Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Arago Township, in brief

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

Arago Township is a township in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 606 at the 2020 census. Arago Township was named for François Arago, a French scientist.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 607 in 2010, 606 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Arago Township, 1897 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Arago post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955Post officeThe Arago post office closes
  5. 1972On 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

Arago Township on the map, 1972 to 1985

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

Arago Township on the 1972 USGS mapArago Township on the 1985 USGS map1972Skunk Lake 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 Arago Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Arago Township

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

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Aaron PikeAmerican wheelchair racer, biathlete and cross-… · b. 1986
Sharon NelsonAmerican politician
McKenna BrandAmerican ice hockey forward · b. 1996
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Robert G. RennerUnited States federal judge · b. 1923
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Tom KadingMember of the North Dakota House of Representat… · b. 1987
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Will WeaverAmerican writer · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Arago
Gone or out of use
Arago Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Arago Township
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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.

Lake Emma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTwo Inlets TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTodd TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Arago Township’s history

What year was Arago Township founded?

The Arago Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.