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History · Golden Valley Township

25% of Golden Valley Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Golden Valley Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1984. Watch Golden Valley Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Golden Valley Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Casperson
1903–1917
Torpin
1907–1914
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaspersonTorfin
Gone or out of use
Casperson Post Officepost officeTorfin Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Golden Valley Township
Golden Valley

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Golden Valley Township on the map, 1918 to 1984

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

Golden Valley Township on the 1918 USGS mapGolden Valley Township on the 1968 USGS mapGolden Valley Township on the 1984 USGS map1918Pencer 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 Golden Valley Township.

The story so far

Golden Valley Township, in brief

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

Golden Valley Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 190 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 189 to 180 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Golden Valley Township, 1903 to 1918

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Casperson post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Torpin post office opens
  4. 1914Post officeThe Torpin post office closes
  5. 1917Post officeThe Casperson post office closes
  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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Famous people

Famous people close to Golden Valley Township

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

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Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · b. 1984
Neal BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
Robert BerglandAmerican politician · b. 1928
Liz AndersonAmerican singer and country music songwriter · b. 1927
Aaron BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1960
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Paul BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1965
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Reine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPalmville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLinsell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMickinock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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.