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History · Rhinehart Township

23% of Rhinehart Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rhinehart Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rhinehart Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 416 in 1970; 139 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Rhinehart Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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People over time

Rhinehart Township, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 416

Peaked at 416 in 1970; 139 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story so far

Rhinehart Township, in brief

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

Rhinehart Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 139 at the 2020 census. Rhinehart Township was named for Captain A. C. Rhinehart, a county official.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 139 in 2010, 139 in 2020.

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

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On the map

Rhinehart Township on the map, 1934 to 1994

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

Rhinehart Township on the 1934 USGS mapRhinehart Township on the 1963 USGS mapRhinehart Township on the 1979 USGS mapRhinehart Township on the 1994 USGS map1934Grand Forks sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rhinehart Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

East Grand Forks2 historic placesB−Huntsville 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 and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.