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History · Fanny Township

23% of Fanny Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fanny Township’s past

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The story so far

Fanny Township, in brief

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

Fanny Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 105 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Fanny Township was organized in 1880.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 103 to 89 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Fanny Township, 1887 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Buffington post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Buffington post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Fanny Township on the map, 1953 to 1982

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

Fanny Township on the 1953 USGS mapFanny Township on the 1982 USGS map1953Crookston 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 Fanny Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Shirley
Gone or out of use
Buffington Post Officepost office

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.

Parnell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEuclid TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLowell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNesbit 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.