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History · Wealthwood Township

Wealthwood Township’s post office opened in 1891

Most of Wealthwood Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986.

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How Wealthwood Township began

When was Wealthwood Township founded?

1891

The Wealthwood Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Wealthwood (1891) and Glory (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 251135 years
Founding year: the first Wealthwood Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wealthwood 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 Wealthwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wealthwood Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wealthwood 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

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

Wealthwood
1891–1925
Glory
1901–1913
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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Glory Post Officepost officeWealthwood Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Wealthwood Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Wealthwood Township, in brief

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

Wealthwood is an unincorporated community in Wealthwood Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States, along the north shore of Mille Lacs Lake. The community is located along State Highway 18 (MN 18) near the junction with Aitkin County Road 51, 385th Avenue. Nearby places include Garrison, Malmo, Glen, and Aitkin.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 268 to 251 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Wealthwood Township, 1891 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Wealthwood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Glory post office opens
  5. 1913Post officeThe Glory post office closes
  6. 1925Post officeThe Wealthwood post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Wealthwood Township

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

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Warren WilliamBroadway and Hollywood actor · b. 1894
Jonathan EdwardsAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1946
Thomas W. Simons, Jr.American diplomat · b. 1938
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Brittany ChambersAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
Nick AndersonAmerican baseball Player · b. 1990
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Robert A. GoodAmerican physician · b. 1922
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Malmo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNordland Township1 historic placeB−Lakeside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHazelton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Harbor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wealthwood Township’s history

What year was Wealthwood Township founded?

The Wealthwood Township post office opened in 1891, 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 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.