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Balkan’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Balkan yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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What stands out about Balkan’s past

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Balkan, in brief

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

Balkan Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The township was named after the Balkan Mountains. The population was 808 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 73 (MN 73) are two of the main routes in the township. The city of Chisholm is located within the south–central portion of Balkan Township geographically but is a separate entity.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 832 to 808 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Balkan

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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first listed
1978
Bruce Mine Headframe
in Minnesota
#237
by listings

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

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From the National Register of Historic Places (1). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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