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History · Danielson Township

35% of Danielson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Danielson 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 Danielson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Danielson Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The story so far

Danielson Township, in brief

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

Danielson Township is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 327 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 295 to 280 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Danielson Township, 1871 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Rosendale post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Rosendale post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Danielson Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Danielson Township on the 1967 USGS mapDanielson Township on the 1986 USGS map1967Rosendale 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 Danielson Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Danielson Township

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

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Elmer FeigAmerican architect · b. 1897
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Jake NordinPlayer of American football · b. 1984
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E. A. ReitanAmerican historian · b. 1925
Mary GibbsAmerican park superintendent and conservationist · b. 1879
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Herbert C. Feig, Sr.American politician – Minnesota -House 1941-46 … · b. 1886
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rosendale
Gone or out of use
Rosendale Post Officepost officeRosendale Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Danielson Township
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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.

Acton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenleaf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Elizabeth Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCosmos 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.