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History · Dell Grove Township

10% of Dell Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and Farmstead. Below: maps from 1961 on.

1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Dell Grove 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 Dell Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dell Grove Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dell Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Friesland
1896–1917
Groningen
1896–1954
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FrieslandGroningen
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dell Grove Township
Dell GroveEvergreen Memorial Park

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Dell Grove Township, in brief

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

Dell Grove Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 699 at the 2000 census. Dell Grove Township was named for the pine groves in the valley.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 697 to 752 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Dell Grove Township, 1896 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Friesland post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Groningen post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1917Post officeThe Friesland post office closes
  6. 1954Post officeThe Groningen post office closes
  7. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Dell Grove Township on the map, 1961 to 1981

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

Dell Grove Township on the 1961 USGS mapDell Grove Township on the 1981 USGS map1961Sandstone 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 Dell Grove Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Dell Grove Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
10
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and Farmstead
Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and Farmstead
Buildings
All 1 listings
Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1980

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Dell Grove Township

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

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Ernie NeversAmerican football player and coach · b. 1902
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Leonard ShoenFounder of U-Haul Company and Amerco Inc. · b. 1916
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Steve KinerAmerican football player · b. 1947
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Doug CarlsonAmerican politician · b. 1939
Robert ChristophersonAmerican boxer · b. 1936
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Pine Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKroschel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSandstone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHinckley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFinlayson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Dell Grove Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Dell Grove Township?

One place: the Arnold Schwyzer Summer House and Farmstead (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.