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History · Spruce Township

Half of Spruce Township’s homes were built after 1982

Most of Spruce Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Spruce 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 Spruce Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Spruce Township, in brief

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

Spruce Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population of the township was 614 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Mandus is located within Spruce Township. Spruce Township was named for groves of spruce trees within its borders.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 573 in 2010, 582 in 2020.

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

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Spruce Township

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

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Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · b. 1984
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Bill ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1938
Neal BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
Robert BerglandAmerican politician · b. 1928
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Dave ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
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Roger ChristianAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

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Mandus Post Officepost officeMandus Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spruce Township
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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.

Roseau2 historic placesBJadis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMalung TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnstrom 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 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.