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History · Flora Township

52% of Flora Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1952 on.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Flora Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Flora Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Flora Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Flora Township, in brief

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

Flora Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 245 at the 2000 census. Flora Township was organized in 1867, and named after a local horse.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 188 to 167 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Flora Township, 1871 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Vicksburg post office opens
  3. 1889Born hereFrancis Shoemaker is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Vicksburg post office closes
  6. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Flora Township on the map, 1952 to 1982

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

Flora Township on the 1952 USGS mapFlora Township on the 1982 USGS map1952Redwood Falls 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 Flora Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Flora Township
CalgaryFirst Flora LutheranFlora LutheranMethodistSchmitt FamilyTheile - Schafer Grave SiteVicksburgZion

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.

Delhi TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeaver Falls TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSacred Heart Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEmmet TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHenryville 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.