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History · Holt Township

15% of Holt Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about Holt 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 Holt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19184 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1992. Watch Holt Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holt Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Holt Township on the map, 1918 to 1992

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

Holt Township on the 1918 USGS mapHolt Township on the 1962 USGS mapHolt Township on the 1985 USGS mapHolt Township on the 1992 USGS map1918Middle River 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 Holt Township.

The story so far

Holt Township, in brief

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

Holt is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 90 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 132 to 120 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Holt Township, 1891 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Ringbo post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Ringbo post office closes
  5. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Holt Township, decade by decade

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People over time

Holt Township, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 232

Between 88 and 232 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Holt Township

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

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Mel PetersonAmerican basketball player · b. 1938
Wyatt SmithAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1977
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Michael ForneyAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1988
Ralph R. EricksonUnited States federal judge · b. 1959
John R. TunheimUnited States District Judge · b. 1953
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Sherwood B. IdsoAmerican climatologist · b. 1942
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Ringbo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Ringbo Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Holt Township
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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.

New Folden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townExcel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoltIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpruce Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Holt Township’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (24), 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.