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History · Mantrap Township

Mantrap Township’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Mantrap Township was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1972 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Mantrap Township began

When was Mantrap Township founded?

1912

The Mantrap Township post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mantrap (1912), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 522114 years
Founding year: the first Mantrap Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mantrap Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mantrap Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mantrap Township, in brief

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

Mantrap Township is a township in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 522 at the 2020 census. Mantrap Township took its name from Mantrap Lake.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 519 in 2010, 522 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Mantrap Township, 1912 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Mantrap post office opens
  3. 1915Post officeThe Mantrap post office closes
  4. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Mantrap Township on the map in 1972

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mantrap Township.

Mantrap Township on the 1972 USGS map1972East Crooked Lake 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 Mantrap Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mantrap Township

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

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Mary Welsh HemingwayAmerican journalist · b. 1908
Thomas D. WhiteFourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air … · b. 1901
Aaron PikeAmerican wheelchair racer, biathlete and cross-… · b. 1986
Sharon NelsonAmerican politician
George ParshallAmerican chemist · b. 1929
McKenna BrandAmerican ice hockey forward · b. 1996
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Mantrap Post Officepost office

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.

Akeley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Emma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThorpe Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNevis TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Mantrap Township’s history

What year was Mantrap Township founded?

The Mantrap Township post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.