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History · Eagle Township

15% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Eagle Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Eagle Township, in brief

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

Eagle Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 531 as of the 2020 census. Eagle Township took its name from Eagle Lake.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 581 to 531 (-9%).

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

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On the map

Eagle Township on the map, 1961 to 1982

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

Eagle Township on the 1961 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1982 USGS map1961Cromwell 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 Eagle Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Township

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

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Clay WilsonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1983
George CunninghamAmerican baseball player · b. 1894
Dale Eugene WayrynenUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1947
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Mark VichorekAmerican ice hockey defenceman · b. 1963
Chet GayAmerican football player · b. 1900
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Irene ReedAmerican anthropologist, linguist, educator · b. 1931
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kalevala TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCromwellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakeview 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 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.