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History · Maywood Township

Maywood Township’s post office opened in 1868, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on.

1868first post office
0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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How Maywood Township began

When was Maywood Township founded?

1868

The Maywood Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Maywood (1868), Oak Park (1883) and Ronneby (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 976158 years
Founding year: the first Maywood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Maywood 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 Maywood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Maywood Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Maywood Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Maywood
1868–1901
Oak Park
1883–1985
Ronneby
1897–1973
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Oak ParkRonneby
Gone or out of use
Maywood Post Officepost officeOak ParklocaleOak Park Post Officepost officeRonneby Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maywood Township
ElwellMaywoodRiverside

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

The story so far

Maywood Township, in brief

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

Maywood Township is a township in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 954 as of the 2010 census. Maywood Township was organized in 1867.

Its first post office opened in 1868. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 954 to 976 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Maywood Township, 1868 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Maywood post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Oak Park post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Ronneby post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Maywood post office closes
  7. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1973Post officeThe Ronneby post office closes
  9. 1985Post officeThe Oak Park post office closes
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

Maywood Township on the map, 1968 to 1991

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

Maywood Township on the 1968 USGS mapMaywood Township on the 1985 USGS mapMaywood Township on the 1991 USGS map1968Ronneby 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 Maywood Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Maywood Township

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

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T. J. StilesAmerican biographer and historian · b. 1964
J
John RensenbrinkPolitical scientist · b. 1928
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Milo TownshipIts storyC+Gilmanton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlendorado TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranite Ledge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Maywood Township’s history

What year was Maywood Township founded?

The Maywood Township post office opened in 1868, 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.