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History · Platte Township

Platte Township’s post office opened in 1902, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Platte Township began

When was Platte Township founded?

1902

The Platte Township post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Platte (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 354124 years
Founding year: the first Platte Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Platte 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 first neighbors to add old photos shape how Platte Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Platte Township, in brief

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

Platte is an unincorporated community in Platte Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, United States, near Pierz. The community is located along 275th Avenue near its junction with Morrison County Road 48, 233rd Street. State Highway 25 (MN 25) is also in the immediate area. Wolf Creek and the Platte River meet at Platte.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 357 in 2010, 354 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Platte Township, 1902 to 1948

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Platte post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Platte post office closes
  4. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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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On the map

Platte Township on the map, 1948 to 1981

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

Platte Township on the 1948 USGS mapPlatte Township on the 1950 USGS mapPlatte Township on the 1981 USGS map1948Lastrup 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 Platte Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Platte Township

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

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Brian KobilkaAmerican physiologist · b. 1955
Louise ErdrichAmerican-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's … · b. 1954
Duane BobickAmerican boxer · b. 1950
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Jim LangerAmerican football player · b. 1948
John StumpfAmerican businessman · b. 1953
Ben HanowskiIce hockey player from the USA · b. 1990
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Platte
Gone or out of use
Platte Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Platte Township
Saint Mary's Catholic Community

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.

Ripley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDaggett Brook TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPulaski TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Platte Township’s history

What year was Platte Township founded?

The Platte Township post office opened in 1902, 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 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.