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History · Vega Township

Vega Township’s post office opened in 1898, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
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How Vega Township began

When was Vega Township founded?

1898

The Vega Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Vega (1898), Gotland (1900) and Bloomer (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 135128 years
Founding year: the first Vega Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Vega 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 Vega Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Vega Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Vega Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1982. Watch Vega Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vega Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

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

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vega
1898–1907
Gotland
1900–1905
Bloomer
1903–1905
March
1906–1914
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
March
Gone or out of use
Bloomer Post Officepost officeGotland Post Officepost officeMarch Post Officepost officeVega Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Vega Township
Immanuel LutheranOak LawnVegaVega

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Vega Township, in brief

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

Vega Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census. Vega Township was organized in 1883, and named after the SS Vega.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 125 to 135 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Vega 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 Vega post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe Gotland post office opens
  5. 1903Post officeThe Bloomer post office opens
  6. 1905Post officeThe Gotland post office closes
  7. 1905Post officeThe Bloomer post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Vega post office closes
  9. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Vega Township on the map, 1918 to 1982

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

Vega Township on the 1918 USGS mapVega Township on the 1955 USGS mapVega Township on the 1982 USGS map1918Warren 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 Vega Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sandsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOak Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBloomer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Vega Township’s history

What year was Vega Township founded?

The Vega Township post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.