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History · Deer Park Township

Half of Deer Park Township’s homes were built after 1965

Most of Deer Park Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Deer Park Township’s past

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The story so far

Deer Park Township, in brief

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

Deer Park Township is a township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 126 at the 2010 census. Deer Park Township was so named from the fact deer was often hunted within its borders.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 126 in 2010, 128 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Deer Park Township, 1905 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Rhoda post office opens
  3. 1930Post officeThe Rhoda post office closes
  4. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Deer Park Township on the map in 1971

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Deer Park Township.

Deer Park Township on the 1971 USGS map1971Roland 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 Deer Park Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
River Valley
Gone or out of use
Rhoda Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Deer Park Township
Oak Park

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.

Hickory TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEquality Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayfield 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.