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History · Crow River Township

16% of Crow River Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crow River Township’s past

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The story so far

Crow River Township, in brief

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

Crow River is an unincorporated community in Union Grove Township, Meeker County, Minnesota, United States, near Grove City. The community is located along 520th Avenue near 343rd Street. Meeker County Roads 3 and 25 are also in the immediate area. The Middle Fork of the Crow River flows nearby. At one time, Crow River included a post office, blacksmith, creamery, feed mill, garage, and the Crow River Store which was in operation from 1902 to 1965.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 327 to 320 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Crow River Township, 1868 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Georgeville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953Post officeThe Georgeville post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Crow River Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Crow River Township on the 1967 USGS mapCrow River Township on the 1986 USGS map1967Georgeville 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 Crow River Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Georgeville
Gone or out of use
Georgeville Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Crow River Township
Saint Francis De Sales

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.

Belgrade1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Henry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake George TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurbank TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrow Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColfax 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.