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History · Moose Park Township

Moose Park Township’s post office opened in 1914

Most of Moose Park Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1919 on.

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How Moose Park Township began

When was Moose Park Township founded?

1914

The Moose Park Township post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Moose Park (1914), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 69112 years
Founding year: the first Moose Park Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moose Park 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 Moose Park Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1996. Watch Moose Park Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moose Park Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Moose Park Township on the map, 1919 to 1996

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

Moose Park Township on the 1919 USGS mapMoose Park Township on the 1971 USGS mapMoose Park Township on the 1996 USGS map1919Rosy 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 Moose Park Township.

The story so far

Moose Park Township, in brief

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

Moose Park Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 69 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 68 in 2010, 69 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Moose Park Township, 1914 to 1920

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1914Post officeThe Moose Park post office opens
  3. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1920Post officeThe Moose Park post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Moose Park Township
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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.

Alvwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThird River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Moose Park Township’s history

What year was Moose Park Township founded?

The Moose Park Township post office opened in 1914, 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.