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History · Camp Township

Camp Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1983 on.

1880first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Camp Township began

When was Camp Township founded?

1880

The Camp Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Camp (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 161146 years
Founding year: the first Camp Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Camp 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 Camp Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Camp Township’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Camp Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Camp Township, in brief

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

Camp Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 207 at the time of the 2000 census. Camp Township was organized in 1867.

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 186 to 161 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Camp Township, 1880 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Camp post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Camp post office closes
  5. 1983On 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

Camp Township on the map in 1983

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Camp Township.

Camp Township on the 1983 USGS map1983Morton SE 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 Camp Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Camp Township

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

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Charles EastmanNative American physician and scouting pioneer · b. 1858
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Paul HenzeUS intelligence officer, writer · b. 1924
Scott JensenMember of the Minnesota Senate · b. 1954
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Don BerryAmerican artist and author best known for his h… · b. 1932
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Roy CDCMusic / DJ · b. 1931
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Ward CuffAmerican football player · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Camp Township
Boyum FarmCampFinnishFort Ridgely and DaleFranklinGilbert BorthHauges

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.

Eden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCairo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirch Cooley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairfax1 historic placeB+Ridgely Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBandon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Camp Township’s history

What year was Camp Township founded?

The Camp Township post office opened in 1880, 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.