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History · Sverdrup Township

19% of Sverdrup Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the District No. 182 School. Below: maps from 1915 on.

1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sverdrup Township’s past

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The story so far

Sverdrup Township, in brief

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

Sverdrup Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 646 at the 2020 census. Sverdrup Township was organized in 1878, and named for Georg Sverdrup, president of Augsburg Seminary.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 621 to 646 (+4%).

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

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On the map

Sverdrup Township on the map, 1915 to 1973

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

Sverdrup Township on the 1915 USGS mapSverdrup Township on the 1973 USGS map1915Underwood 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 Sverdrup Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Sverdrup Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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1991
District No. 182 School
District No. 182 School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Moderne1
District No. 182 SchoolModerne

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sverdrup Township

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

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Frank AlbertsonAmerican character actor · b. 1909
Marcus BorgAmerican Bible scholar · b. 1942
Cliff SterrettAmerican cartoonist · b. 1883
Bill LutherAmerican politician · b. 1945
Wynn RobertsAmerican biathlete · b. 1988
Mark W. OlsonGovernor of the Federal Reserve · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
School Number 109schoolSchool Number 112schoolSchool Number 146schoolSchool Number 231school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sverdrup Township
RindalSverdrup

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.

Underwood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAurdal TownshipIts storyC−Everts TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaine Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTordenskjold TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sverdrup Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Sverdrup Township?

One place: the District No. 182 School (listed 1991).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.