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Danielson’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Danielson Township is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 327 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 295 to 280 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Danielson 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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Famous people close to Danielson

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Gale SondergaardGale SondergaardLitchfield · 7 miAnn D. MontgomeryAnn D. MontgomeryLitchfield · 7 miEFElmer FeigAtwater · 8 miMSMike SchultzLitchfield · 7 miHCHerbert W. ChilstromLitchfield · 7 miJNJake NordinLake Lillian · 11 mi
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Danielson, 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 Danielson is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Danielson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ness Lutheran Church and Cemetery in Litchfield, 6.2 miles away.

Danielson and the nearest listed places

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Ness Lutheran Church and CemeteryJohn Bosch FarmsteadHotel AtwaterBrightwood Beach CottageLitchfield Commercial Historic DistrictLitchfield Opera House

Closest to Danielson

Ness Lutheran Church and CemeteryLitchfield · District6.2miJohn Bosch FarmsteadLake Elizabeth · District7.3miHotel AtwaterAtwater · Building8.6miBrightwood Beach CottageLitchfield · Built 18898.8miLitchfield Commercial Historic DistrictLitchfield · District10.4mi

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. Ness Lutheran Church and Cemetery’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Danielson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Danielson’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.

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📜 Greenleaf📜 Lake Elizabeth📜 Acton📜 Cosmos
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