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History · Good Hope Township

14% of Good Hope Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Good Hope 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 Good Hope Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1996. Watch Good Hope Township change.
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On the map

Good Hope Township on the map, 1919 to 1996

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

Good Hope Township on the 1919 USGS mapGood Hope Township on the 1971 USGS mapGood Hope Township on the 1996 USGS map1919Max 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 Good Hope Township.

The story so far

Good Hope Township, in brief

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

Good Hope Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 137 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 99 to 137 (+38%).

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

Timeline

Good Hope Township, 1913 to 1933

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Dunbar post office opens
  3. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1933Post officeThe Dunbar post office closes
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Good Hope Township

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

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James RobbAmerican philosopher · b. 1918
Mal FreeburgAmerican Pilot (March 6, 1906 – May 10, 1963) · b. 1906
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Dunbar
Gone or out of use
Dunbar Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Good Hope Township
South Round Lake

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.

Max TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThird River 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.