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History · Durand Township

Half of Durand Township’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Durand Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Durand 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 Durand Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 304 in 1940; 227 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Durand Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Durand Township, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 304

Peaked at 304 in 1940; 227 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Durand Township’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Durand Township, in brief

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

Durand Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 227 as of the 2020 census. Durand Township was named for Charles Durand, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 209 to 227 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Durand Township, 1905 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Puposky post office opens
  3. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 304
  4. 1972On 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

Durand Township on the map in 1972

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Durand Township.

Durand Township on the 1972 USGS map1972White Fish Lake 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 Durand Township.

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Puposky
Gone or out of use
Puposkylocale

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.

Turtle Lake TownshipIts storyC−Hagali TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNebish 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.