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History · Everts Township

Half of Everts Township’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Everts Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1912 on.

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What stands out about Everts 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 Everts Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Everts Township, in brief

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

Everts Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 759 at the 2020 census. Everts Township was organized in 1879, and named for Edmund A. Everts and his son Rezin Everts, early settlers.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 658 to 759 (+15%).

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

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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 map

Everts Township on the map, 1912 to 1973

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

Everts Township on the 1912 USGS mapEverts Township on the 1973 USGS map1912Battle Lake 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 Everts Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Everts Township

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

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Duane ChristophersonAmerican football coach · b. 1930
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Emery FletcherAmerican religious leader · b. 1868
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Erle WhitingAmerican Latter Day Saints leader · b. 1876
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Rupert FletcherAmerican religious leader · b. 1896
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Inglewood
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School Number 177schoolSchool Number 270schoolSchool Number 45school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Everts Township
SkibvedtTrinity

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.

Battle Lake2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSverdrup Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAmor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClitherall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGirard 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 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.