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History · Cherry Grove Township

37% of Cherry Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Church of St. Rose of Lima. Below: maps from 1965 on.

1on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cherry Grove 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 Cherry Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cherry Grove Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The story so far

Cherry Grove Township, in brief

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

Cherry Grove Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. Cherry Grove Township was organized in 1858, and named for the groves of cherry trees within its borders.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 397 to 382 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Cherry Grove Township, 1857 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Fair Point post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Fair Point post office closes
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Cherry Grove Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

Cherry Grove Township on the 1965 USGS mapCherry Grove Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Concord 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 Cherry Grove Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Cherry Grove Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Church of St. Rose of Lima
Church of St. Rose of Lima
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Church of St. Rose of LimaBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cherry Grove Township

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

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Milton L. HumasonAmerican astronomer · b. 1891
Daniel SawyerAmateur golfer · b. 1882
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Shirley Ardell MasonAmerican artist · b. 1923
C. C. BeckAmerican cartoonist · b. 1910
Clarence B. MillerAmerican politician · b. 1872
Sydney AndersonAmerican politician · b. 1881
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bombay
Gone or out of use
Fairpoint Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cherry Grove Township
ComstockDaleFairpointKelsey FamilySaint Rose

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.

Wanamingo Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoscoe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKenyon Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cherry Grove Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Cherry Grove Township?

One place: the Church of St. Rose of Lima (listed 2013).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.