The Henrietta Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Henrietta (1892) and Dorset (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,514134 years
How historic is Henrietta Township?
C
More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Henrietta Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Henrietta Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Henrietta Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Henrietta Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Henrietta Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Henrietta Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Henrietta
1892–1894
Dorset
1898–1964
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DorsetPark Estates
Gone or out of use
Dorset Post Officepost officeDorset Railroad StationlocalePark Rapids Pitmine
1cemetery inside Henrietta Township
Henrietta
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Henrietta Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Henrietta Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Henrietta Township is a township in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. Henrietta Township was named for Henrietta Martin, the wife of an early settler.
Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,642 to 1,514 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Henrietta Township, 1892 to 1970
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Henrietta Township.
1970Dorset 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 Henrietta Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Henrietta Township
Nobody well known was born in Henrietta Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Henrietta Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Henrietta Township rank for history?
Henrietta Township is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Henrietta Township?
15% of Henrietta Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1987.
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).
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.
