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History · Maple Ridge Township

13% of Maple Ridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Maple Ridge Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maple Ridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 187 in 1930; 113 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1972. Watch Maple Ridge Township change.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Maple Ridge Township, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 187

Peaked at 187 in 1930; 113 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

On the map

Maple Ridge Township on the map, 1919 to 1972

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

Maple Ridge Township on the 1919 USGS mapMaple Ridge Township on the 1943 USGS mapMaple Ridge Township on the 1972 USGS map1919Solway 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 Maple Ridge Township.

The story so far

Maple Ridge Township, in brief

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

Maple Ridge Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 113 as of the 2020 census. Maple Ridge Township was named for the sugar maple trees growing within its borders.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 104 to 113 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Maple Ridge Township, 1906 to 1930

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Fowlds post office opens
  3. 1911Post officeThe Fowlds post office closes
  4. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 187
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Famous people

Famous people close to Maple Ridge Township

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

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Jane RussellAmerican actress · b. 1921
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Scott BairdAmerican male curler and coach · b. 1951
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Pete FensonAmerican male curler and coach · b. 1968
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Dave CasperAmerican football player · b. 1951
Natalie NicholsonAmerican curler · b. 1976
Wes WestrumAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1922
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Fowlds Post Officepost officeFowlds Stationlocale

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.

Alaska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoosevelt Township1 historic placenot 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 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.