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History · Emardville Township

31% of Emardville Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Emardville Township’s past

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The story so far

Emardville Township, in brief

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Emardville Township is a township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 217 at the 2000 census. Emardville Township was named for Pierre Emard, a pioneer settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 195 to 209 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Emardville Township, 1896 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Lost post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Post officeThe Lost post office closes
  5. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Emardville Township on the map, 1918 to 1964

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

Emardville Township on the 1918 USGS mapEmardville Township on the 1964 USGS map1918Terrebonne 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 Emardville Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Lost Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Emardville Township
EmardvilleFinnishSaint Vincent De Paul

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.

Gervais TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPoplar River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarnes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWyandotte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiver 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.