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History · Nore Township

17% of Nore Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Nore Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Nore Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Nore Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1971. Watch Nore Township change.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Bridgie
1895–1908
Houpt
1903–1914
Orth
1908–1930
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HouptOrth
Gone or out of use
Houpt Post Officepost officeOrthlocaleOrth Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Nore Township
Oakum

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

On the map

Nore Township on the map, 1919 to 1971

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

Nore Township on the 1919 USGS mapNore Township on the 1924 USGS mapNore Township on the 1971 USGS map1919Bridgie 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 Nore Township.

The story so far

Nore Township, in brief

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

Nore Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census. Nore Township was named for Kittil S. and Syver K. Nohre, Norwegian settlers.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 57 to 66 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Nore Township, 1895 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Bridgie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Houpt post office opens
  5. 1908Post officeThe Bridgie post office closes
  6. 1908Post officeThe Orth post office opens
  7. 1914Post officeThe Houpt post office closes
  8. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1930Post officeThe Orth post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hornet TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoose Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArdenhurst 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.