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History · Beaulieu Township

Beaulieu Township’s post office opened in 1891, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

1891first post office
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How Beaulieu Township began

When was Beaulieu Township founded?

1891

The Beaulieu Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Beaulieu (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 124135 years
Founding year: the first Beaulieu Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Beaulieu 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 Beaulieu Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Beaulieu Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaulieu Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Beaulieu Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beaulieu Township.

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A post office called Beaulieu was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1960. John Beaulieu, the postmaster, gave the community its name.

The Wild Rice River Boarding and Day School, an American Indian residential school, operated in Beaulieu from 1884 to 1915.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Beaulieu Township, 1891 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Beaulieu post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1960Post officeThe Beaulieu post office closes
  5. 1969On 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

Beaulieu Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Beaulieu Township on the 1969 USGS mapBeaulieu Township on the 1985 USGS map1969North Twin 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 Beaulieu Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Beaulieu
Gone or out of use
Beaulieu Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Beaulieu Township
Saint Joseph's Catholic

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.

Clover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Garde TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChief TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHeier TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMidwayIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Beaulieu Township’s history

What year was Beaulieu Township founded?

The Beaulieu Township post office opened in 1891, 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 Wikipedia, 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.