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History · Winger Township

Half of Winger Township’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Winger Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1969 on and the census since 1930.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Winger 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 Winger Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 301 in 1940; 174 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Winger Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winger Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Winger Township, census by census

010020030019401960198020002020Peak: 301

Peaked at 301 in 1940; 174 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Winger Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gossen
1889–1905
Gregg
1898–1907
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Gossen Post Officepost officeGregg Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Winger Township
CalvaryElimStorelvedalenWinger

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

The story so far

Winger Township, in brief

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

Winger is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 174 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 206 to 195 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Winger Township, 1889 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Gossen post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Gregg post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Gossen post office closes
  6. 1907Post officeThe Gregg post office closes
  7. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 301
  8. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Winger Township, decade by decade

Today8 recent
Welcome sign2025Welcome signWater tower, Winger, Minnesota-022025Water tower, Winger, Minnesota-02Water tower, Winger, Minnesota-012025Water tower, Winger, Minnesota-01United States Post Office2025United States Post OfficeTrain depot (former)2025Train depot (former)Main Street2025Main StreetFire Department2025Fire DepartmentCommunity Center2025Community Center
On the map

Winger Township on the map in 1969

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winger Township.

Winger Township on the 1969 USGS map1969Winger sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Winger Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Knute TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSletten TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBejou 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 Wikimedia Commons (8), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.