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History · Clover Township

22% of Clover Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clover 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 Clover Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1985. Watch Clover Township change.
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On the map

Clover Township on the map, 1919 to 1985

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

Clover Township on the 1919 USGS mapClover Township on the 1972 USGS mapClover Township on the 1985 USGS map1919Churnes sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clover Township.

The story so far

Clover Township, in brief

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

Clover Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. Clover Township was organized in 1914.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 113 to 88 (-22%).

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

Timeline

Clover Township, 1906 to 1919

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Dunowen post office opens
  3. 1913Post officeThe Dunowen post office closes
  4. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Clover Township

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

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Arnie JohnsonNational Basketball League player · b. 1920
Wes WestrumAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1922
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Steve KnutsonAmerican football player · b. 1951
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Ed WidsethAmerican football player · b. 1910
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Charlie NorrisAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1963
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Dunowen Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Clover Township
Clover

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.

Sinclair TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlaska TownshipIts 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.