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History · Belvidere Township

Belvidere Township dates to 1858, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

1858founded
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Belvidere Township began

When was Belvidere Township founded?

1858

Belvidere Township dates its founding to 1858 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1877.

2020 census: 478168 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1877.

What stands out about Belvidere 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 Belvidere Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Belvidere Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belvidere Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Belvidere Mills
1877–1905
Belvidere
1878–1878
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Belvidere Mills
Gone or out of use
Belvidere Mills Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Belvidere Township
Belvidere UnionGerman LutheranHof Norwegian Lutheran ChurchNorwegian Methodist EpiscopalOld German Evangelical

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

The story so far

Belvidere Township, in brief

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

Belvidere Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 458 at the 2000 census.

Belvidere Township was established in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 462 to 478 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Belvidere Township, 1858 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858
    FoundingBelvidere Township is established
  3. 1877Post officeThe Belvidere Mills post office opens
  4. 1878Post officeThe Belvidere post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe Belvidere post office closes
  6. 1893Born hereGrover C. George is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1905Post officeThe Belvidere Mills post office closes
  9. 1974On 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

Belvidere Township on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Belvidere Township on the 1974 USGS mapBelvidere Township on the 1985 USGS map1974Lake City NW 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 Belvidere Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hay Creek Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGoodhue TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMount Pleasant Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChester Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBellechesterIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belvidere Township’s history

What year was Belvidere Township founded?

In 1858, according to Wikidata. Belvidere Township’s post office opened in 1877.

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.