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History · Daggett Brook Township

11% of Daggett Brook Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Daggett Brook Township’s past

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The story so far

Daggett Brook Township, in brief

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Daggett Brook Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 551 at the 2020 census. This township took its name from Daggett Brook.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 554 in 2010, 551 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Daggett Brook Township, 1898 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Shepherd post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Shepherd post office closes
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Daggett Brook Township on the map, 1948 to 1981

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

Daggett Brook Township on the 1948 USGS mapDaggett Brook Township on the 1950 USGS mapDaggett Brook Township on the 1981 USGS map1948Lastrup 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 Daggett Brook Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Daggett Brook Township

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

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Rick NolanAmerican politician · b. 1943
C. Elmer AndersonAmerican politician · b. 1912
John StumpfAmerican businessman · b. 1953
Delos W. LovelaceAmerican novelist and biographer · b. 1894
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Cole SmithAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1995
Michael S. BennettAmerican politician · b. 1945
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Shephard
Gone or out of use
Shephard Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Daggett Brook Township
Pine TreePine Tree

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.

Long Lake TownshipIts storyCPlatte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlatte Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Mathias 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.