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History · Highland Grove Township

30% of Highland Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Highland Grove 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 Highland Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Highland Grove Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Winnipeg Junction
1887–1910
Dale
1910–1971
Manitoba Junction
1910–1911
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DaleManitoba JunctionWinnipeg Junction
Gone or out of use
Dale Post Officepost officeManitoba Junction Post Officepost officeWinnipeg Junctionlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Highland Grove Township
DaleHighland Grove

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

The story

How Highland Grove Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Highland Grove Township.

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Highland Grove Township was named from its lakeside groves and its lofty elevation above the Red River valley.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Highland Grove Township, 1887 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Winnipeg Junction post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe Winnipeg Junction post office closes
  5. 1910Post officeThe Dale post office opens
  6. 1910Post officeThe Manitoba Junction post office opens
  7. 1911Post officeThe Manitoba Junction post office closes
  8. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1971Post officeThe Dale 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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On the map

Highland Grove Township on the map, 1966 to 1985

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

Highland Grove Township on the 1966 USGS mapHighland Grove Township on the 1985 USGS map1966Dale 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 Highland Grove Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Highland Grove Township

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

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Adolph HersethAmerican musician · b. 1921
Gabriel HaugeAmerican economist and businessman · b. 1914
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Lucile BlanchAmerican artist · b. 1895
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Joe MarshallMajor League Baseball player · b. 1876
Owen Harding WangensteenSurgeon, university teacher and medical writer · b. 1898
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Ben EllefsonAmerican football tight end · b. 1996
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Eglon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCromwell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHitterdalIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCuba TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Highland Grove Township’s history

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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, 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.