Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Crosby Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1962 on.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crosby Township’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crosby Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Crosby Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 97 at the 2000 census. Crosby Township was named for Ira Crosby, an early settler.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 93 to 85 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Crosby Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Crosby Township.
Nobody well known was born in Crosby Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Two places: the St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area (listed 1997) and the St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area (1997).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
