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History · Stokes Township

16% of Stokes Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stokes 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 Stokes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1984. Watch Stokes Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stokes Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Stokes Township on the map, 1918 to 1984

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

Stokes Township on the 1918 USGS mapStokes Township on the 1966 USGS mapStokes Township on the 1984 USGS map1918Roseau 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 Stokes Township.

The story so far

Stokes Township, in brief

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

Stokes Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 229 at the 2000 census. Stokes Township bears the name of George Stokes, an early settler.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 215 in 2010, 219 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Stokes Township, 1898 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Boobar post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Boobar post office closes
  5. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Stokes Township

Nobody well known was born in Stokes 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, Boobar, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Boobar Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stokes Township
Badger CreekOpdahl

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.

Ross TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSkagen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStafford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBadgerIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNereson 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, 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.