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History · Artichoke Township

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

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1968 on.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Artichoke Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Artichoke 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Artichoke Township’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Artichoke Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewDistrict 13 School, County Road 25: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Artichoke Township, in brief

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

Artichoke is an unincorporated community in Artichoke Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. Artichoke is located at the intersection between 600th ave and Big stone county Rd 8.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 79 to 89 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Artichoke Township, 1876 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Artichoke Lake post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1913Post officeThe Artichoke Lake post office closes
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Artichoke Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
District 13 School, County Road 25Date?District 13 School, County Road 25
On the map

Artichoke Township on the map, 1968 to 1985

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

Artichoke Township on the 1968 USGS mapArtichoke Township on the 1985 USGS map1968Artichoke 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 Artichoke Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

District 13 School, County Road 25
Retake this viewDistrict 13 School, County Road 25

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Artichoke Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Artichoke
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Artichoke Township
Artichoke BaptistArtichoke LakeJohnson Family

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.

Hegbert TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOtrey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAkron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStevens TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Artichoke Township’s history

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (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.