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History · Eddy Township

20% of Eddy Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Eddy 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 Eddy Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eddy Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eddy Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Weme
1902–1912
Rusten
1903–1906
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Weme
Gone or out of use
Rusten Post Officepost officeWeme Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eddy Township
ConcordiaMaple HillOak ParkZion

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

The story so far

Eddy Township, in brief

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

Eddy Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 303 at the 2020 census. Eddy Township was named for Frank Eddy, a Minnesota congressman.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 339 to 303 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Eddy Township, 1902 to 1912

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Weme post office opens
  3. 1903Post officeThe Rusten post office opens
  4. 1906Post officeThe Rusten post office closes
  5. 1912Post officeThe Weme post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Eddy Township

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

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Arnie JohnsonNational Basketball League player · b. 1920
Lily HansonAmerican comedian · b. 1983
Wes WestrumAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1922
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Steve KnutsonAmerican football player · b. 1951
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Ed WidsethAmerican football player · b. 1910
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Shirley WinsleyAmerican politician · b. 1934
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Holst TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townQueen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPopple Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Lake 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 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.