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History · Spencer Township

Half of Spencer Township’s homes were built after 1979

Most of Spencer Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1914 on.

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What stands out about Spencer 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 so far

Spencer Township, in brief

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

Spencer Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 522 as of the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 518 in 2010, 522 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Spencer Township, 1901 to 1937

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Rossburg post office opens
  3. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1937Post officeThe Rossburg post office closes
By decade

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On the map

Spencer Township on the map, 1914 to 1973

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

Spencer Township on the 1914 USGS mapSpencer Township on the 1973 USGS map1914Aitkin 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 Spencer Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spencer Township

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

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Warren WilliamBroadway and Hollywood actor · b. 1894
Jonathan EdwardsAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1946
Thomas W. Simons, Jr.American diplomat · b. 1938
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Brittany ChambersAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
Nick AndersonAmerican baseball Player · b. 1990
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Robert A. GoodAmerican physician · b. 1922
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rossburg
Gone or out of use
RossburglocaleRossburg Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spencer Township
Church of the Blessed VirginEvergreenSpencer

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.

Aitkin5 historic placesA−Kimberly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAitkin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNordland Township1 historic placeB−

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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.