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History · Foxholm

Foxholm’s post office opened in 1894, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1950 on.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Foxholm’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Foxholm began

When was Foxholm founded?

1894

The Foxholm post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 56132 years
Founding year: the first Foxholm post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Foxholm’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Foxholm’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Foxholm’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo4 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewUpper Souris National Wildlife Refuge D…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Foxholm came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Foxholm.

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A post office called Foxholm was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967. The community supposedly was named after a place in England. The population was 250 in 1940.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Foxholm, decade by decade

Date unknown4 to date
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River BasinDate?Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris Ri…Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 96, Souris River BasinDate?Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 96, Souris…Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 83, Souris River BasinDate?Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 83, Souris…Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 87, Souris River BasinDate?Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 87, Souris…
On the map

Foxholm on the map, 1950 to 1980

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

Foxholm on the 1950 USGS mapFoxholm on the 1980 USGS map1950Des Lacs 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 Foxholm.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River Basin
Retake this viewUpper Souris National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Souris River Basin

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Foxholm’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Foxholm

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

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Josh DuhamelAmerican actor and former model · b. 1972
Gary JohnsonAmerican politician, businessman, and 29th Gove… · b. 1953
Greg RaymerAmerican poker player · b. 1964
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Mark LandsbergerAmerican basketball player · b. 1955
Mary OsborneAmerican jazz musician · b. 1921
Tim JackmanAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1981
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Foxholm TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Marys TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Foxholm’s history

What year was Foxholm founded?

The Foxholm post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 Library of Congress (4), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.