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History · Guthrie Township

Half of Guthrie Township’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Guthrie Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1968 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Guthrie 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 Guthrie Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Guthrie Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Guthrie Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Guthrie Township.

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The township was named for railroad builder Archibald Guthrie.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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

Guthrie Township on the map, 1968 to 1977

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

Guthrie Township on the 1968 USGS mapGuthrie Township on the 1977 USGS map1968Guthrie 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 Guthrie Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Guthrie Township

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

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Mary Welsh HemingwayAmerican journalist · b. 1908
Thomas D. WhiteFourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air … · b. 1901
Archie MarshekAmerican film editor · b. 1902
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Douglas PikeAmerican diplomat and historian · b. 1924
Skip FinnAmerican state senator · b. 1948
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Erma VizenorOjibwe politician and educator · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Guthrie Railroad Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Guthrie Township
GuthrieSaint Lawrence

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.

Schoolcraft TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHendrickson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHart Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHelga Township1 historic placeC+

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.