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History · Ashland

Ashland’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Ashland. 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

Ashland Township is a township in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 367 at the 2000 census. Ashland Township was organized in 1858.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 319 to 308 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1962.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashland 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 Ashland’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Ashland

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MHMilton L. HumasonDodge Center · 4 miCarl Otto LamplandCarl Otto LamplandHayfield · 6 miSMShirley Ardell MasonDodge Center · 4 miArnold BlanchArnold BlanchMantorville · 9 miRussell L. BlaisdellRussell L. BlaisdellHayfield · 6 miPerry Greeley HoldenPerry Greeley HoldenDodge Center · 4 mi
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Ashland, 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 Ashland is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ashland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eureka Hotel in Kasson, 6.9 miles away.

Ashland and the nearest listed places

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Eureka HotelKasson Municipal BuildingKasson Water TowerJacob Leuthold Jr. HouseKasson Public SchoolWasioja Historic District

Closest to Ashland

Eureka HotelKasson · Building6.9miKasson Municipal BuildingKasson · Built 19177miKasson Water TowerKasson · Built 18957miJacob Leuthold Jr. HouseKasson · Building7.1miKasson Public SchoolKasson · Colonial Revival7.1mi

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. Eureka Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ashland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ashland’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

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📜 Dodge Center📜 Ripley📜 Hayfield📜 Hayfield
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