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History · Elmwood Township

22% of Elmwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead. Its Register listing is the Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead. Below: maps from 1895 on.

1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Elmwood 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 Elmwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch Elmwood Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elmwood Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Elmwood Township on the map, 1895 to 1985

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

Elmwood Township on the 1895 USGS mapElmwood Township on the 1964 USGS mapElmwood Township on the 1985 USGS map1895Fargo sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Elmwood Township.

The story so far

Elmwood Township, in brief

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

Elmwood Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. Elmwood Township was named for the groves of elm trees along the Buffalo River.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 415 in 2010, 415 in 2020.

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

By decade

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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 National Register

1 historic place in Elmwood Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1980
Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead
Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Palladian1
Classical1
Queen Anne1
All 1 listings
Wulf C. Krabbenhoft FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1980

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Elmwood Township

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

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Jake HagerFormer american professional wrestler and mixed… · b. 1982
Bobby VeeAmerican singer · b. 1943
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William H. GassAmerican fiction writer, critic, philosophy pro… · b. 1924
CariDee EnglishAmerican model · b. 1984
Dalton KnechtAmerican basketball player · b. 2001
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Daniel ChongAmerican filmmaker · b. 1978
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Elkton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKurtz TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlyndon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlliance TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Elmwood Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Elmwood Township?

One place: the Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmstead (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.