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History · Culdrum Township

20% of Culdrum Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on.

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20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Culdrum Township’s past

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The story

How Culdrum Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Culdrum Township.

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Culdrum Township was organized in 1871. The first settler in the area of the town was J.C. Stebbins who in 1859 located in an area known as Martin place. During the US-Dakota War of 1862 the entire population of township was abandoned. Soon after the war the end of the war John Workman, one of the Little Falls first settlers, selected the name for the township which was named for Culdrum Townland in County Londonderry, his native town in Ireland.

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On the map

Culdrum Township on the map, 1947 to 1978

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

Culdrum Township on the 1947 USGS mapCuldrum Township on the 1951 USGS mapCuldrum Township on the 1978 USGS map1947Flensburg sheet · 1:25,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Culdrum Township

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

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Brian KobilkaAmerican physiologist · b. 1955
Louise ErdrichAmerican-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's … · b. 1954
Duane BobickAmerican boxer · b. 1950
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Jim LangerAmerican football player · b. 1948
Ben HanowskiIce hockey player from the USA · b. 1990
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Fred ZollnerAmerican industrialist · b. 1901
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Culdrum Township
EmmanuelMission CovenantSaint John's Lutheran Church

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.

Parker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBruce TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFlensburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwanville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurnhamville 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.