The story
Read it all →How Bremen Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Bremen Township.
Bremen Township was established in 1906. The township was named after Bremen, in Germany.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Bremen Township
10% of Bremen Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1953 on.
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Bremen Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Bremen Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bremen Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Bremen Township, 1904 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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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Bremen Township on the map in 1953
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bremen Township.
1953Duluth sheet · 1:250,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bremen Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Bremen Township
Nobody well known was born in Bremen Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Leonard ShoenFounder of U-Haul Company and Amerco Inc. · b. 1916S
Steve KinerAmerican football player · b. 1947
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Doug CarlsonAmerican politician · b. 1939Places that used to be
Lost post offices and old corners
Another post office, Ellson, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ellson
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.
Pine Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKettle River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirch Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillward Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFinlayson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Bremen Township’s history
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Sources
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.