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History · Partridge Township

Partridge Township dates to 1918, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1920.

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How Partridge Township began

When was Partridge Township founded?

1918

Partridge Township dates its founding to 1918 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 242 in 19202020 census: 554108 years
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What stands out about Partridge 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

How Partridge Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Partridge Township.

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The village was originally within the lands of the village of Partridge, at a stop far outside the original village along Great Northern Railway; here a post office was set up, called Partridge from 1889 to 1909, before changing its name to Askov in 1909. Most of the original village of Partridge was destroyed in the 1894 Hinckley fire. The immigrants to the Danish "colony" of Askov were nationalistic Lutheran followers of the theologian and cultural leader N. F. S. Grundtvig. Danish immigrants had previously been mostly economic migrants fleeing poverty, but the first migrants to Askov were almost all Grundvigian Danes from elsewhere in the U.S. The Dansk Folkesamfund (Danish Peoples Society) was founded in 1887 by Svend Hersleb Grundtvig, N. F. S. Grundtvig's son, to conserve Danish social heritage and promote immigration to the U.S. The Dansk Folkesamfund, with help from the railroad…

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By decade

Partridge Township, decade by decade

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Peter-Kilstofte-Farmstead-Askov-MN2014Peter-Kilstofte-Farmstead-Askov-MNMILW 261 Askov MN May 12 2013x42013MILW 261 Askov MN May 12 2013x4Partridge Twp Hall2008Partridge Twp HallAskovsign2007AskovsignMNMap-doton-Askov2005MNMap-doton-Askov
On the map

Partridge Township on the map, 1962 to 1981

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

Partridge Township on the 1962 USGS mapPartridge Township on the 1981 USGS map1962Cloverdale 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 Partridge Township.

People over time

Partridge Township, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 387

Between 242 and 387 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Partridge Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Partridge Township

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

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John Monk SaundersScreenwriter, novelist, film director · b. 1897
Clay WilsonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1983
Ernie NeversAmerican football player and coach · b. 1902
Ralph PlaistedAmerican explorer · b. 1927
George CunninghamAmerican baseball player · b. 1894
Nathan NelsonAmerican politician
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Finlayson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorman Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFleming TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSandstone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Partridge Township’s history

What year was Partridge Township founded?

In 1918, according to Wikidata. the census of 1920 counted 242 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.