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History · Framnas Township

22% of Framnas Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on.

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What stands out about Framnas Township’s past

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The story so far

Framnas Township, in brief

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Framnas Township is a township in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 346 at the 2020 census. Framnas Township was originally built up chiefly by Scandinavians. The township's first name was Scandia, after the first post office with the same name. The first postmaster and the creator of the name "Scandia" was the Norwegian Thomas Thomason, who immigrated to the US in 1861 from Arendal Norway. He moved to Stevens County in 1867 as the third settler. As a postmaster, he was the first public official in Stevens County.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 305 to 346 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Framnas Township, 1867 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Scandia post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Scandia post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Framnas Township on the map, 1912 to 1973

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

Framnas Township on the 1912 USGS mapFramnas Township on the 1973 USGS map1912Morris 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 Framnas Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Framnas Township

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

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Aaron SchockAmerican politician · b. 1981
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Sylvester William TreinenCatholic bishop · b. 1917
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Adele WatsonAmerican actress · b. 1890
Jeff HoweAmerican politician · b. 1959
Mona Lyn ReeseComposer · b. 1951
Paul AndersonAmerican politician · b. 1951
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
North Star MilllocaleSchool Number 14schoolSchool Number 28schoolSchool Number 5school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Framnas Township
KirkegaardenScandia

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.

New Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwan Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorris TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorris5 historic placesB+Hodges 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.