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History · Christiania Township

14% of Christiania Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Christiania Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Christiania Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Christiania Township, in brief

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

Christiania Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 331 at the 2000 census. It contains the census-designated place of Fish Lake. Christiania Township was organized in 1871. Christiana is an old name for Oslo, Norway.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 249 to 266 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Christiania Township, 1889 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Bergen post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Bergen post office closes
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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On the map

Christiania Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Christiania Township on the 1970 USGS mapChristiania Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Windom 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 Christiania Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bergen
Gone or out of use
Bergen Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Christiania Township
BethanyChristiana Norwegian

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.

Belmont TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelafield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKimball TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakeside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFish LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.