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History · Ardenhurst Township

15% of Ardenhurst Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ardenhurst 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 Ardenhurst Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ardenhurst Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1996. Watch Ardenhurst Township change.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cunningham
1901–1913
Bergville
1904–1935
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bergville
Gone or out of use
Bergville Post Officepost officeCunningham Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Ardenhurst Township
Bergville

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

On the map

Ardenhurst Township on the map, 1919 to 1996

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

Ardenhurst Township on the 1919 USGS mapArdenhurst Township on the 1971 USGS mapArdenhurst Township on the 1996 USGS map1919Gemmell 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 Ardenhurst Township.

The story so far

Ardenhurst Township, in brief

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

Ardenhurst Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 147 at the 2020 census. Ardenhurst Township derives its name from Ardennes Forest and -hurst, a word meaning hill.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 164 to 147 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Ardenhurst Township, 1901 to 1935

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Cunningham post office opens
  3. 1904Post officeThe Bergville post office opens
  4. 1913Post officeThe Cunningham post office closes
  5. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1935Post officeThe Bergville post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Alvwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrattan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNore 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 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.