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History · Erdahl Township

Erdahl Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Erdahl Township began

When was Erdahl Township founded?

1883

The Erdahl Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Erdahl (1883) and Cork (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 397143 years
Founding year: the first Erdahl Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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

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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.

Erdahl
1883–1954
Cork
1890–1901
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Erdahl
Gone or out of use
ErdahllocaleErdahl Post Officepost officeSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 43schoolSchool Number 44schoolSchool Number 6school
1cemetery inside Erdahl Township
Erdahl Lutheran

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

The story

How Erdahl Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Erdahl Township.

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Erdahl was platted in 1887. A post office was established at Erdahl in 1883, and remained in operation until 1954.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Erdahl Township, 1883 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Erdahl post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Cork post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Cork post office closes
  6. 1954Post officeThe Erdahl post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Erdahl Township

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

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Hilda BettermannAmerican politician · b. 1942
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Stu StarnerAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1943
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Evansville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPelican Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSanford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Erdahl Township’s history

What year was Erdahl Township founded?

The Erdahl Township post office opened in 1883, 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 Wikipedia, 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.