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History · Beaver Township

13% of Beaver Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beaver Township’s past

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The story so far

Beaver Township, in brief

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

Beaver Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 103 at the 2000 census. Beaver Township was named for the abundance of North American beavers formerly within its borders.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 107 to 98 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Beaver Township, 1907 to 1946

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe River post office opens
  3. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1946Post officeThe River post office closes
By decade

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On the map

Beaver Township on the map, 1918 to 1967

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

Beaver Township on the 1918 USGS mapBeaver Township on the 1967 USGS map1918Pencer 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 Beaver Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Beaver Township

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

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Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · b. 1984
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Bill ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1938
Neal BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
Robert BerglandAmerican politician · b. 1928
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Dave ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
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Roger ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
River Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Beaver Township
Beaver

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.

Reine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMickinock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFalun 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.