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History · Nebish Township

Nebish Township’s post office opened in 1898

Most of Nebish Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984.

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How Nebish Township began

When was Nebish Township founded?

1898

The Nebish Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Nebish (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 279128 years
Founding year: the first Nebish Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nebish 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 story so far

Nebish Township, in brief

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

Nebish Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 279 as of the 2020 census. Nebish is derived from the Ojibwe-language word meaning "tea".

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 290 to 279 (-4%).

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Nebish Township

Nobody well known was born in Nebish 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
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Charlie NorrisAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1963
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Nebish
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Nebish Post Officepost officeNebish 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.

O'Brien TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDurand TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlaska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHagali TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Nebish Township’s history

What year was Nebish Township founded?

The Nebish Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.