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History · Huntersville Township

Huntersville Township’s post office opened in 1903, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Huntersville Township began

When was Huntersville Township founded?

1903

The Huntersville Township post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Huntersville (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 101123 years
Founding year: the first Huntersville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Huntersville 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 Huntersville 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 Huntersville Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Huntersville Township, in brief

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

Huntersville is an unincorporated community in Huntersville Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 119 to 101 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Huntersville Township, 1903 to 1953

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Huntersville post office opens
  3. 1919Post officeThe Huntersville post office closes
  4. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Huntersville Township on the map, 1953 to 1976

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

Huntersville Township on the 1953 USGS mapHuntersville Township on the 1965 USGS mapHuntersville Township on the 1976 USGS map1953Brainerd sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Huntersville Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Huntersville Township

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

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Kenneth ArnoldAmerican aviator and businessman · b. 1915
Aaron PikeAmerican wheelchair racer, biathlete and cross-… · b. 1986
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Don MonsonAmerican basketball coach · b. 1933
Sharon NelsonAmerican politician
Dick StigmanAmerican baseball player · b. 1936
McKenna BrandAmerican ice hockey forward · b. 1996
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Huntersville
Gone or out of use
Huntersville Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Huntersville Township
Huntersville

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.

Orton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrow Wing Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcKinley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShell River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Huntersville Township’s history

What year was Huntersville Township founded?

The Huntersville Township post office opened in 1903, 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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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 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.