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History · Alberta

Alberta’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Alberta. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Alberta Township is a township in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 818 as of the 2010 census. Alberta Township was organized in 1868. It was named for an early settler named Albert.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 818 people in 2010, 829 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1990.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alberta yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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Alberta, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Alberta is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alberta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Church of Sts. Peter and Paul-Catholic in Gilman, 3 miles away.

Alberta and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Alberta. Tap a dot.
Church of Sts. Peter and Paul-CatholicEsselman Brothers General StoreCota Round BarnsMilaca Municipal HallMille Lacs County CourthouseSt. Joseph's Church-Catholic

Closest to Alberta

Church of Sts. Peter and Paul-CatholicGilman · Building3miEsselman Brothers General StoreMayhew Lake · Building9.2miCota Round BarnsSt. George · Building13.9miMilaca Municipal HallMilaca · Building14.4miMille Lacs County CourthouseMilaca · Building14.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Church of Sts. Peter and Paul-Catholic’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alberta?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alberta’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Gilman📜 Morrill📜 Graham📜 Gilmanton
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