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History · Bejou Township

28% of Bejou Township’s homes were built before 1940

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What stands out about Bejou Township’s past

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How Bejou Township came to be

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A post office called Bejou has been in operation since 1906. Some sources state that the town got its name from a corruption of the French word Bonjour, reasoning that the name is related to the Ojibwe word Boozhoo. However, these two words are linguistic false friends, and are not etymologically related. The town's name likely comes from the Ojibwe word bizhiw meaning "lynx", a type of cat indigenous to North America, and one of the doodems of the Ojibwe people.

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Bejou Township, decade by decade

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VFW Post 1226, Bejou, Minnesota 062025VFW Post 1226, Bejou, Minnesota 06United States Post Office2025United States Post OfficeCommercial section at Main Street and US Hwy 592025Commercial section at Main Street and US Hwy 59City limit sign, Bejou, Minnesota-022025City limit sign, Bejou, Minnesota-02City limit sign, Bejou, Minnesota-012025City limit sign, Bejou, Minnesota-01Building on Main Street, Bejou, Minnesota 052025Building on Main Street, Bejou, Minnesota 05Bejou, Minnesota2007Bejou, Minnesota
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bear Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarsh Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGregory TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinger 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 Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia 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.