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History · Belmont Township

Belmont Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Belmont Township began

When was Belmont Township founded?

1872

The Belmont Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Belmont (1872) and Belmont (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 217154 years
Founding year: the first Belmont Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Belmont 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 Belmont Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Belmont Township.Old housesHalf of Belmont Township’s homes were built before 1957.
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Start Belmont Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belmont Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Belmont
1872–1874
Belmont
1877–1886
18701950today
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Belmont Township
East BelmontHaugesWest Belmont

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Belmont Township, in brief

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

Belmont Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 223 at the 2000 census. Belmont Township was organized in 1867, and named for an early settler.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 218 in 2010, 217 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Belmont Township, 1872 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Belmont post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Belmont post office closes
  4. 1877Post officeThe Belmont post office opens
  5. 1886Post officeThe Belmont post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1970On 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

Belmont Township on the map, 1970 to 1982

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

Belmont Township on the 1970 USGS mapBelmont Township on the 1982 USGS map1970Lakefield NE 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 Belmont Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Belmont Township

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

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David EllefsonAmerican bass guitarist · b. 1964
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Maria SchneiderJazz bandleader and composer · b. 1960
Johnny OlsonAmerican television announcer · b. 1910
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Elaine HarderAmerican politician · b. 1947
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Gary AmdahlAmerican author · b. 1956
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Randy WeeksAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 2000
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Des Moines TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChristiania TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHeron Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnterprise TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belmont Township’s history

What year was Belmont Township founded?

The Belmont Township post office opened in 1872, 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.