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1885 Minnesota Census
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Polk County
The following shows the 1885 Minnesota census population count
for Polk county by area.
The Post Office, listed in the census for each area, is shown in parenthesis.
| Area | Count | Area | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover Township (Crookston) | 475 | Lessor Township (blank) | 250 | |
| Angus Township (Angus) | 162 | Liberty Township (Edna) | 239 | |
| Badger Township (Sletten) | 272 | Louisville Township (Huot) | 480 | |
| Belgium Township (blank) | 62 | Nesbit Township (Fisher) | 206 | |
| Black River Township (Red Lake Falls) | 262 | Norden Township (St Hilaire) | 175 | |
| Brandswold Township (Fosston) | 281 | North Township (Rockstad) | 93 | |
| Bray Township (Wylie) | 103 | Northland Township (East Grand Forks) | 140 | |
| Brislot Township (Warren) | 106 | Numedal Township (Solie) | 76 | |
| Bygland Township (Fisher) | 281 | Onstad Township (Fertile) | 154 | |
| Crookston Township (Crookston) | 274 | Parnell Township (Crookston) | 186 | |
| City Of Crookston (Crookston) | 4,063 | Polk Centre Township (Wylie) | 247 | |
| Emardville Township (Emard) | 101 | Poplar River Township (Brooks) | 295 | |
| Euclid Township (blank) | 303 | Red Lake Falls Township (Red Lake Falls) | 373 | |
| Fairfax Township (Crookston) | 229 | Village Of Red Lake Falls (Red Lake Falls) | 588 | |
| Farley Township (Warren) | 136 | Rocksbury Township (St Hilaire) | 297 | |
| Fanney Township (Crookston) | 149 | Reis Township (Edna) | 226 | |
| Fisher Township (blank) | 354 | Roome Township (Neby) | 249 | |
| Village Of Fisher (Fisher) | 483 | Rosebud Township (Fosston) | 376 | |
| Garden Township (Rindal) | 461 | Russia Township (blank) | 145 | |
| Garfield Township (Aldal) | 519 | River Falls Township (St Hilaire) | 227 | |
| Gentilly Township (blank) | 455 | Sanders Township (St Hilaire) | 281 | |
| Gervais Township (Red Lake Falls) | 239 | Village Of St Hilaire (St Hilaire) | 142 | |
| Godfrey Township (Maple Bay) | 414 | Sandsville Township (Warren) | 80 | |
| Grand Forks Township (Grand Forks, D T) | 637 | Sletten Township (Hansville) | 336 | |
| Grove Park Township (Mentor) | 293 | Sullivan Township (East Grand Forks) | 170 | |
| Hammond Township (Crookston) | 115 | Tabor Township (Angus) | 181 | |
| Higdem Township (Grand Forks) | 329 | Terrebonne Township (Terrebonne) | 431 | |
| Hill River Township (King) | 114 | Tilden Township (blank) | 174 | |
| Hubbard Township (Nelsville) | 442 | Tynsid Township (Fisher) | 251 | |
| Huntsville Township (Mallory) | 466 | Vineland Township (Neby) | 393 | |
| Kertsonville Township (Crookston) | 251 | Winger Township (Rindal) | 297 | |
| Keystone Township (East Grand Forks) | 200 | Woodside Township (blank) | 297 | |
| King Township (King) | 409 | Wyandotte Township (St Hilaire) | 137 | |
| Knute Township (Wille Water) | 358 | Townships 148 & 147, R39 (Fosston) | 243 | |
| Lake Pleasant Township (Red Lake Falls) | 393 | Townships 150, R40 (Lambert) | 42 | |
| Lambert Township (Lambert) | 248 | Townships 151, R41 (Lambert) | 8 | |
| Lowell Township (Crookston) | 507 | Townships 153 & 154, R46 (Warren) | 43 |
| County Total | 23,474 |
Polk county included Pennington and Red Lake counties.
Unnamed townships are as follows:
Township 148, Range 39 - Queen Township
Township 147, Range 39 - Columbia Township
Township 150, Range 40 - Chester Township
Township 151, Range 41 - Garnes Township
Township 153, Range 46 - Brandt Township
Township 154, Range 46 - Helgeland Township
The following names were misspelled in the census:
Brislot Township should be Brislet Township.
Fanney Township should be Fanny Township.
Polk Centre should be Polk Center.
Nelsville P.O. should be Nielsville P.O.
The following designates which present-day counties contain the above areas:
Polk County
Andover TS, Angus TS, Badger TS, Brandt TS,
Belgium TS, Brandswold TS, Brislot TS, Bygland TS, Chester TS, Columbia TS,
Crookston TS, City of Crookston, Euclid TS, Fairfax TS, Fanney TS, Farley TS, Fisher TS, Village of Fisher,
Garden TS, Garfield TS, Gentilly TS, Godfrey TS, Grand Forks TS, Grove Park TS, Hammond TS, Helgeland TS,
Higdem TS, Hill River TS, Hubbard TS, Huntsville TS,
Kertsonville TS, Keystone TS, King TS, Knute TS, Lessor TS, Liberty TS,
Lowell TS, Nesbit TS, Northland TS, Onstad TS,
Parnell TS, Queen TS, Reis TS, Roome TS, Rosebud TS, Russia TS, Sandsville TS, Sletten TS,
Sullivan TS, Tabor TS, Tilden TS, Tynsid TS, Vineland TS, Winger TS, Woodside TS
Pennington County
Black River TS, Bray TS, Norden TS, North TS, Numedal TS,
Polk Centre TS, River Falls TS, Rocksbury TS, Village of St Hilaire, Sanders TS, Wyandotte TS
Red Lake County
Emardville TS, Garnes TS, Gervais TS, Lake Pleasant TS, Lambert TS, Louisville TS, Poplar River TS,
Red Lake Falls TS, Village of Red Lake Falls, Terrebonne TS
The townships of Polk Center, Black River, River Falls and Wyandotte were split into two townships upon the creation of Red Lake County, the northern part ending up in Pennington County and retaining the township names, and the southern part ending up in Red Lake County, receiving new names. The new townships formed from the first three townships were Wylie, Brown's Creek, and River, respectively. The southern part of Wyandotte Township became part of Emardville Township in Red Lake Township.
Warren was in Marshall County.
Aldal was in Norman County
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