Cherry Township’s post office opened in 1914, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Cherry Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 14 buildings. Below: maps from 1951 on.
The Cherry Township post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Cherry (1914), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 839112 years
Founding year: the first Cherry Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Cherry Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Cherry, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Cherry Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Cherry Township
Cherry-Clinton
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Cherry Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cherry Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Cherry is an unincorporated community in Cherry Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located 10 miles (16 km) east of the city of Hibbing at the junction of State Highway 37 (MN 37) and Saint Louis County Road 25 (CR 25). Cherry is located 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of the city of Eveleth. The West Two River flows through the community. Iron Junction and Forbes are nearby. The unincorporated community of Cherry is located within Cherry Township (population 860).
Its first post office opened in 1914. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 860 to 839 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Cherry Township, 1914 to 1951
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cherry Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1951Kirk 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 Township.
On the National Register
1 listing protects 14 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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.
