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History · Augsburg Township

Augsburg Township’s post office opened in 1901, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Augsburg Township began

When was Augsburg Township founded?

1901

The Augsburg Township post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Augsburg (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 71125 years
Founding year: the first Augsburg Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Augsburg 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 Augsburg Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Augsburg Township’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Augsburg Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Augsburg Township, in brief

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

Augsburg Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 98 at the 2000 census. Augsburg Township was organized in 1884, and named after Augsburg, in Germany.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 74 to 71 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Augsburg Township, 1901 to 1952

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Augsburg post office opens
  3. 1906Post officeThe Augsburg post office closes
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Augsburg Township on the map, 1952 to 1967

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

Augsburg Township on the 1952 USGS mapAugsburg Township on the 1967 USGS map1952Thief River Falls sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Augsburg Township

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

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Bill IngebrigtsenAmerican politician · b. 1952
Truman SpangrudRetired lieutenant general in the United States… · b. 1934
Craig SmithBasketball coach · b. 1972
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Emil R. BedardUnited States Marine Corps general · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Augsburg Township
FlorianSalem

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.

Wanger TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Brook TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNelson Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSinnott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Augsburg Township’s history

What year was Augsburg Township founded?

The Augsburg Township post office opened in 1901, 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 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.