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History · Norway Township

25% of Norway Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Norway Center Store, the Peder and Helga Tuntland Farmstead and the Ulrickson Barn. Below: maps from 1897 on.

3on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Norway 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 Norway Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Norway Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18974 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1985. Watch Norway Township change.Old housesHalf of Norway Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Norway Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Nurey
1874–1900
Linden
1875–1901
Moe
1889–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MoeNorway Center
Gone or out of use
LindenlocaleNureylocaleSchool Number 52school
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Norway Township
Lands LutheranNathanaelRomsdalTrinity Lutheran Cemetery South

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

On the map

Norway Township on the map, 1897 to 1985

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

Norway Township on the 1897 USGS mapNorway Township on the 1900 USGS mapNorway Township on the 1968 USGS mapNorway Township on the 1985 USGS map1897Canton sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Norway Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 242 to 252 (+4%).

Timeline

Norway Township, 1874 to 1926

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Nurey post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Linden post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Moe post office opens
  5. 1890BuiltPeder and Helga Tuntland Farmstead is built
  6. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1900Post officeThe Nurey post office closes
  9. 1901Post officeThe Linden post office closes
  10. 1906Post officeThe Moe post office closes
  11. 1926BuiltNorway Center Store is built
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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 National Register

3 historic places in Norway Township

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1994
Peder and Helga Tuntland Farmstead
Norway Center Store, built 1926Peder and Helga Tuntland Farmstead, built 1890Ulrickson Barn
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Commercial/Bungalow1
Folk Victorian1
Feeder Barn1
Norway Center StoreCommercial/Bungalow · Built 1926
All 3 listings
Peder and Helga Tuntland FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1994Ulrickson BarnBuilding · listed 2005

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Alcester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Norway Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Norway Township?

Three places: the Norway Center Store (listed 2003), the Peder and Helga Tuntland Farmstead (1994) and the Ulrickson Barn (2005).

Memory lane

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 (3), 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.