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History · Stafford Township

Half of Stafford Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Stafford Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stafford 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 Stafford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stafford Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Stafford Township, in brief

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

Stafford Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census. Stafford Township bears the name of William Stafford, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 284 to 269 (-5%).

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 Stafford Township

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

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Garrett HedlundAmerican actor · b. 1984
Neal BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1959
Robert BerglandAmerican politician · b. 1928
Liz AndersonAmerican singer and country music songwriter · b. 1927
Aaron BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1960
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Paul BrotenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1965
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Dawd Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stafford Township
BethelOak Hill

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.

Malung TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJadis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrimstad 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.