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History · Fraser Township

43% of Fraser Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fraser 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 Fraser Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Fraser Township’s homes were built before 1949.
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The story so far

Fraser Township, in brief

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

Fraser Township is a township in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. Fraser Township was named for Abraham N. Fraser, a pioneer settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 304 to 271 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Fraser Township, 1875 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe North Star post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe North Star post office closes
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Fraser Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

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

Fraser Township on the 1970 USGS mapFraser Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Welcome 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 Fraser Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Fraser Township

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

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Walter MondaleVice President of the United States from 1977 t… · b. 1928
Dale GardnerAmerican astronaut · b. 1948
Michael IzenAmerican Roman Catholic minister, Auxiliary Bis… · b. 1967
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Bob GuntherAmerican politician · b. 1943
Brandon WilliamsonAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1998
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Darrel PetersonAmerican politician · b. 1939
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fraser Township
North StarZion 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.

Rutland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairmont6 historic placesA−Waverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRolling Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFox Lake 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.