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History · Deerwood Township

Half of Deerwood Township’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Deerwood Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1956 on.

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What stands out about Deerwood Township’s past

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The story so far

Deerwood Township, in brief

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

Deerwood Township is a township in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 186 at the 2000 census. Deerwood Township was organized in 1888, and named for the deer and woodland within its borders.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 153 to 143 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Deerwood Township, 1892 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Beaton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Beaton post office closes
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Deerwood Township on the map, 1956 to 1982

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

Deerwood Township on the 1956 USGS mapDeerwood Township on the 1982 USGS map1956Karlstad 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 Deerwood Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Deerwood
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Beaton Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Deerwood Township
DeerwoodLundeby

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.

KarlstadIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNelson Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Brook TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArveson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelan 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.