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History · Enstrom Township

Half of Enstrom Township’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Enstrom Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Enstrom 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 Enstrom Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Enstrom Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1966. Watch Enstrom Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Enstrom 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

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

Peguis
1901–1911
Salol
1907–today
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Enstrom EstatesSalolTimberline Mobile Home ParkWoodland Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Peguis Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Enstrom Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Enstrom Township on the map, 1918 to 1966

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

Enstrom Township on the 1918 USGS mapEnstrom Township on the 1943 USGS mapEnstrom Township on the 1966 USGS map1918Goos 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 Enstrom Township.

The story so far

Enstrom Township, in brief

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

Enstrom Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 580 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Salol is located within Enstrom Township. Enstrom Township was named for Louis Enstrom, a Swedish settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 455 to 418 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Enstrom Township, 1901 to 1918

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Peguis post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Salol post office opens
  4. 1911Post officeThe Peguis post office closes
  5. 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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Famous people

Famous people close to Enstrom Township

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

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Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · b. 1984
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Bill ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1938
Neal BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
Robert BerglandAmerican politician · b. 1928
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Dave ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
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Roger ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1935
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cedarbend TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFalun TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpruce TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake TownshipIts storyD

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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.