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History · Stockholm Township

Stockholm Township’s post office opened in 1897, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Stockholm Township began

When was Stockholm Township founded?

1897

The Stockholm Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Stockholm (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 986129 years
Founding year: the first Stockholm Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stockholm 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 Stockholm 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 Stockholm Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Stockholm Township, in brief

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

Stockholm is an unincorporated community in Stockholm Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 30 near Quinlar Avenue SW. Nearby places include Cokato, Howard Lake, Silver Lake, Dassel, and Grass Lake–Stockholm Wildlife Management Area. Wright County Road 3 is also in the immediate area.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 959 to 986 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Stockholm Township, 1897 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Stockholm post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Stockholm post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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On the map

Stockholm Township on the map, 1958 to 1982

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

Stockholm Township on the 1958 USGS mapStockholm Township on the 1982 USGS map1958Cokato 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 Stockholm Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stockholm Township

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

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Sydney E. AhlstromAmerican historian · b. 1919
Alondra CanoMinneapolis politician · b. 1981
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James JohnsonAmerican sport wrestler · b. 1954
Reuben G. SoderstromAmerican Labor Leader · b. 1888
David BromstadAmerican designer and television personality · b. 1973
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LeRoy StumpfAmerican politician · b. 1944
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rice LakeStockholm
Gone or out of use
Stockholm Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stockholm Township
Stockholm Evangelical Lutheran ChurchStockholm Township

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.

Collinwood Township1 historic placeBHale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVictor TownshipIts storyB−Cokato Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Stockholm Township’s history

What year was Stockholm Township founded?

The Stockholm Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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.