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History · Ross Township

11% of Ross Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ross 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 Ross Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ross Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1984. Watch Ross Township change.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Fox
1891–1937
Moody
1896–1910
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fox
Gone or out of use
Fox Post Officepost officeMoody Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Ross Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Ross Township on the map, 1918 to 1984

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

Ross Township on the 1918 USGS mapRoss Township on the 1966 USGS mapRoss Township on the 1984 USGS map1918Roseau 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 Ross Township.

The story so far

Ross Township, in brief

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

Ross is an unincorporated community in Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located northwest of Roseau near the junction of State Highway 89 (MN 89) and Roseau County Road 10 (350th Street). Nearby places include Roseau, Badger, Pinecreek, Fox, and Ross Township. The Roseau River flows through the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 429 to 403 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Ross Township, 1891 to 1937

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Fox post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Moody post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Moody post office closes
  6. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1937Post officeThe Fox 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.

Stokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJadis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoose TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDieter 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.