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History · Roosevelt Township

1 of Roosevelt Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the District No. 132 School. Most of Roosevelt Township was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1900.

1on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Roosevelt Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Roosevelt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 384 in 1940; 225 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Roosevelt Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1972. Watch Roosevelt Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roosevelt Township’s history is told.

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People over time

Roosevelt Township, census by census

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Peaked at 384 in 1940; 225 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Aure
1903–1919
Debs
1916–1925
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Hamlets and corners on the map
AureDebs
Gone or out of use
Aure Post Officepost officeDebs Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Roosevelt Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Roosevelt Township, in brief

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

Roosevelt Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 225 as of the 2020 census. Roosevelt Township was named for Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 225 in 2010, 225 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Roosevelt Township, 1903 to 1940

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Aure post office opens
  3. 1914BuiltDistrict No. 132 School is built
  4. 1916Post officeThe Debs post office opens
  5. 1919Post officeThe Aure post office closes
  6. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1925Post officeThe Debs post office closes
  8. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 384
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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

Roosevelt Township on the map, 1919 to 1972

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

Roosevelt Township on the 1919 USGS mapRoosevelt Township on the 1943 USGS mapRoosevelt Township on the 1972 USGS map1919Solway 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 Roosevelt Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Roosevelt Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
District No. 132 School
District No. 132 School, built 1914
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Classical Revival1
District No. 132 SchoolClassical Revival · Built 1914

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Roosevelt Township

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

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Wes WestrumAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1922
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Charlie NorrisAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1963
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Alaska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuzzle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSinclair TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple Ridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDudley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Roosevelt Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Roosevelt Township?

One place: the District No. 132 School (listed 1988).

Memory lane

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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.