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History · Whitefield Township

23% of Whitefield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the District No. 55 School.

1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Whitefield 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 Whitefield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Whitefield Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whitefield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Whitefield Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 525 to 512 (-2%).

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 National Register

1 historic place in Whitefield Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
District No. 55 School
District No. 55 School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Classical Revival1
District No. 55 SchoolClassical Revival

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

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Svea
Gone or out of use
Svea Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Whitefield Township
HardangerSvea

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.

Fahlun TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillmar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdwards TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoseland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKandiyohi Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Whitefield Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Whitefield Township?

One place: the District No. 55 School (listed 1987).

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

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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), 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.