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History · Industrial Township

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

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Industrial 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 Industrial Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Industrial Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Industrial Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
BurnettGrand LakeSaginaw
Gone or out of use
Burnett Post Officepost officeSwan Fieldairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Industrial Township
IndustrialSaint Johns

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

The story so far

Industrial Township, in brief

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

Industrial Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 812 at the 2020 census. State Highway 33 (MN 33) serves as a main route in the township. Other routes include Industrial Road (County 7), Saginaw Road, Independence Road, and Albert Road. Highway 33 runs north–south through the township. Industrial Road (County 7) runs east–west through the middle of the township. County Road 8 runs east–west through the northern portion of the township. The unincorporated community of Burnett is located within Industrial Township. Industrial Township is located within the unincorporated area of Saginaw.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 800 in 2010, 812 in 2020.

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

By decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Industrial Township

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

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Jessica LangeAmerican actress · b. 1949
Barbara PaytonAmerican actress · b. 1927
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Dylan SambergAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1999
Karson KuhlmanAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1995
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Derek PlanteAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1971
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Corey MillenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1964
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Culver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrand Lake TownshipIts storyC−Brevator TownshipIts storyC−New Independence TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.