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History · Felton

Felton’s post office opened in 1879, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1910.

1879first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Felton began

When was Felton founded?

1879

The Felton post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 149 in 19102020 census: 177147 years
Founding year: the first Felton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Felton’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 Felton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 264 in 1980; 177 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Felton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Felton, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 264

Peaked at 264 in 1980; 177 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Felton’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Felton, in brief

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

Felton is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 177 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 177 in 2010, 177 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Felton, 1879 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Felton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 264
By decade

Felton, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Felton is on Minnesota State Hwy 92022Felton is on Minnesota State Hwy 9The “Felton Cafe” Angie’s Diner Cafe on Highway 92021The “Felton Cafe” Angie’s Diner Cafe on Highway 9Felton is on Minnesota State Highway 92021Felton is on Minnesota State Highway 9MNMap-doton-Felton2005MNMap-doton-Felton
On the map

Felton on the map, 1966 to 1984

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

Felton on the 1966 USGS mapFelton on the 1984 USGS map1966Felton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Felton.

Famous people

Famous people close to Felton

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

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Paul KerseyAmerican actor · b. 1970
Thor Carl TollefsonAmerican politician · b. 1901
Gabriel HaugeAmerican economist and businessman · b. 1914
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Jakob GlerupDanish footballer · b. 1975
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Keith HansonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1957
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Lucile BlanchAmerican artist · b. 1895

Questions about Felton’s history

What year was Felton founded?

The Felton post office opened in 1879, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.