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History · Greenwood Township

25% of Greenwood Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Greenwood 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 Greenwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Greenwood Township.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1985. Watch Greenwood Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenwood Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Meadows
1902–1907
Churnes
1903–1913
19001960today
Gone or out of use
Churnes Post Officepost officeMeadows Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Greenwood Township
Clearwater

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

On the map

Greenwood Township on the map, 1919 to 1985

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

Greenwood Township on the 1919 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1972 USGS mapGreenwood Township on the 1985 USGS map1919Churnes 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 Greenwood Township.

The story so far

Greenwood Township, in brief

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

Greenwood Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 78 at the 2020 census. Greenwood Township was probably named for its woodlands.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 83 to 78 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Greenwood Township, 1902 to 1919

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Meadows post office opens
  3. 1903Post officeThe Churnes post office opens
  4. 1907Post officeThe Meadows post office closes
  5. 1913Post officeThe Churnes post office closes
  6. 1919On 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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Famous people

Famous people close to Greenwood Township

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

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Arnie JohnsonNational Basketball League player · b. 1920
Wes WestrumAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1922
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Steve KnutsonAmerican football player · b. 1951
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Ed WidsethAmerican football player · b. 1910
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Leon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinsor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHangaard 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.