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History · Moose River Township

11% of Moose River Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moose River 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 River Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1984. Watch Moose River Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moose River Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Moose River Township on the map, 1918 to 1984

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

Moose River Township on the 1918 USGS mapMoose River Township on the 1962 USGS mapMoose River Township on the 1984 USGS map1918Rollis 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 River Township.

The story so far

Moose River Township, in brief

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

Moose River Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 28 at the 2000 census. Moose River Township was organized in 1904, and named after Moose River.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 25 to 28 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Moose River Township, 1902 to 1918

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Jonstad post office opens
  3. 1914Post officeThe Jonstad post office closes
  4. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Jonstad Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Moose River Township
Moose River Township

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.

Palmville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThief Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLinsell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRollis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhiteford 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 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.