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History · Flom Township

Flom Township’s post office opened in 1895, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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How Flom Township began

When was Flom Township founded?

1895

The Flom Township post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wild Rice (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 186131 years
Founding year: the first Flom Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Flom 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 Flom Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flom Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Flom Township, in brief

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

Flom Township ( FLOM) is a township in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 28 at the 2000 census. Flom Township was organised in 1881, and named for Erik Flom, an early settler.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 218 to 186 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Flom Township, 1874 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Wild Rice post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Wild Rice post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Flom post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 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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On the map

Flom Township on the map, 1918 to 1966

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

Flom Township on the 1918 USGS mapFlom Township on the 1966 USGS map1918Flom 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 Flom Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Flom Township

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

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Nicholas SpaethAmerican politician · b. 1950
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Austin WalkerAmerican politician · b. 1883
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Wild Rice
1874–1892
Flom
1895–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Flom
Gone or out of use
Wild Rice Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Flom Township
Aspelund Norwegian LutheranBethlehemEast Wild Rice LutheranImmanuel Lutheran

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.

Home Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalworth TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFossum TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPopple Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Flom Township’s history

What year was Flom Township founded?

The Flom Township post office opened in 1895, 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 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.