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History · Steenerson Township

12% of Steenerson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Steenerson Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Steenerson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 112 in 1940; 24 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Steenerson Township’s homes were built before 1964.
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People over time

Steenerson Township, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 112

Peaked at 112 in 1940; 24 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Steenerson Township, in brief

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

Steenerson Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 24 as of the 2020 census. Steenerson Township was named for Halvor Steenerson, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th district.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 23 to 24 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Steenerson Township, 1906 to 1940

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Thorhult post office opens
  3. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1935Post officeThe Thorhult post office closes
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 112
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On the map

Steenerson Township on the map, 1918 to 1973

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

Steenerson Township on the 1918 USGS mapSteenerson Township on the 1973 USGS map1918Jelle 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 Steenerson Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Thorhult
Gone or out of use
Thorhult Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Steenerson Township
Rosebud

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.

Hamre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinnie 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, 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.