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History · Eckvoll Township

Eckvoll Township’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Eckvoll Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1918 on.

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How Eckvoll Township began

When was Eckvoll Township founded?

1892

The Eckvoll Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Eckvoll (1892) and Fram (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 70134 years
Founding year: the first Eckvoll Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Eckvoll 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 Eckvoll Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eckvoll Township.On the map since 19184 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1984. Watch Eckvoll Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eckvoll Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Eckvoll
1892–1907
Fram
1903–1910
18901960today
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Fram Post Officepost office

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

On the map

Eckvoll Township on the map, 1918 to 1984

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

Eckvoll Township on the 1918 USGS mapEckvoll Township on the 1943 USGS mapEckvoll Township on the 1962 USGS mapEckvoll Township on the 1984 USGS map1918Rollis 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 Eckvoll Township.

The story so far

Eckvoll Township, in brief

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

Eckvoll Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 104 at the 2000 census. Eckvoll Township was organized in 1901. Eckvoll is a name derived from Norwegian, meaning "oak vale".

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 77 to 70 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Eckvoll Township, 1892 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Eckvoll post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Fram post office opens
  5. 1907Post officeThe Eckvoll post office closes
  6. 1910Post officeThe Fram post office closes
  7. 1918On 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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRollis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoylan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eckvoll Township’s history

What year was Eckvoll Township founded?

The Eckvoll Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.