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History · Eagle Point Township

57% of Eagle Point Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

0on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Eagle Point Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Point Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Eagle Point Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Eagle Point Township, in brief

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

Eagle Point Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 33 at the 2000 census. Eagle Point Township was organized in 1890, and named for an eagle's nest in a nearby grove.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 17 to 10 (-41%).

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

Timeline

Eagle Point Township, 1902 to 1974

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Skog post office opens
  3. 1914Post officeThe Skog post office closes
  4. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Eagle Point Township on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Eagle Point Township on the 1974 USGS mapEagle Point Township on the 1985 USGS map1974Drayton SE 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 Eagle Point Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Point Township

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

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Paula WinsloweAmerican actress · b. 1910
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Raymond W. LessardCatholic bishop · b. 1930
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Clint RitchieAmerican actor · b. 1938
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Barry TallacksonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1983
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Frank BrosseauBaseball player · b. 1944
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Jeff MonroeAmerican politician · b. 1956
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Plainview SchoolschoolSkog Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Eagle Point Township
Eagle Point

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.

Fork TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTeien Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDonnelly 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.