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History · Hallock

Hallock’s post office opened in 1879, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 1890.

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0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
4famous people
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Photo: Jacob Norlund from Duluth, MN, USA · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers

How Hallock began

When was Hallock founded?

1879

The Hallock post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 302 in 18902020 census: 906147 years
Founding year: the first Hallock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hallock’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 Hallock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,552 in 1950; 906 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Hallock’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hallock’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Hallock, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,552

Peaked at 1,552 in 1950; 906 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hallock’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Hallock came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hallock.

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Hallock was platted in 1879. The city was named for Charles Hallock, an American writer. Hallock was incorporated as a city in 1887. A post office has been in operation at Hallock since 1879.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hallock, 1879 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Hallock post office opens
  3. 1897Born hereClifford W. Bouvette is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1925Born hereDonald Pederson is born here
  6. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 1,552
  8. 1953Born hereTim Johnson is born here
  9. 1961Born hereKristen Dexter is born here
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

Hallock on the map, 1941 to 1974

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

Hallock on the 1941 USGS mapHallock on the 1974 USGS map1941Hallock 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 Hallock.

Famous people

4 famous people were born in Hallock

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Donald PedersonAmerican professor of electrical engineering · b. 1925
Kristen DexterAmerican politician · b. 1961
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Tim JohnsonAmerican male curler · b. 1953
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Clifford W. BouvetteAmerican politician – Minnesota -House 1937-38 … · b. 1897
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Hallock’s post office has been open since 1879.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Viking Land Terrace
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hallock
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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.

Hallock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThompson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hallock’s history

What year was Hallock founded?

The Hallock post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.