1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

CHAPTER XXVII
HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Unorganized.—A glance at the map of St. Louis County will
show that it is now well organized, only a small part of its territory
being now outside of the jurisdiction of some organized township.
And while the unorganized townships are, in the main, only
sparsely populated, it would be erroneous to suppose that because
a township has no organized township administration it is necessarily
undeyeloped, or uninhabited, territory. Several of the unorganized
areas adjoin townships of old establishment, and in many
cases the unorganized townships exceed in population those exercising
organized township privileges.
While it is not possible to go much into detailed review of the
unorganized spaces of St. Louis County, it might be appropriate in
this township chapter to briefly record the census statistics of those
unnamed parts of the county. Beginning in the south, unorganized
township 50-18 is part of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation.
The population in 1910 was 105, and in 1920, 203. Township 50-19
is a continuation of the Indian Reservation. Only six persons were
recorded as living in it in 1900; 67 in 1910, and 146 in 1920. Township
51-19 continues on between Floodwood and Culver townships.
Its population was thirteen in 1900; fifty-seven in 1910^ and 120 in
1920. Township 52-19 completes that chain of unorganized territory.
It had six inhabitants in 1900; twenty-seven in 1910, and seventyfour
in 1920. Township 52-21 is crossed, from southeast to northwest
by the Great Northern Railway and on section 16 is a station,
named "Island," one version stating that the station was so named
because "this was about the only dry spot between Floodwood and
Wawima, at the time of the building of the railway. Drainage, however,
has now converted swamps into fertile fields. Township 52-21
had four inhabitants in 1900; in 1910 it had sixty-nine, and in 1920
there were 123 people living in it. Township 53-15 recorded twentyseven
inhabitants in 1910, but made no report in 1920. Township
53-16 had sixteen inhabitants in 1910, and 240 in 1920. Township
54-13 had a population of 14, in 1910 and 61, in 1920. Township
54-15 had 169 residents in 1910 and only twenty-three in 1920. Township
55-14 had no recorded population in 1910, but the 1920 census
gives it a population of 300 then. Township 55-15 had fourteen in
1910, and seventy-three in 1920. Township 55-18 had thirty-one
inhabitants in 1910, and 130 in 1920. Township 55-21 had sixty-nine
in 1910, and seventy in 1920. Township 56-14 had two residents in
1900, none in 1910, and 264 when last census was taken. Township
56-16 had a population of 196 in 1910, and 340 in 1920. The next
township west. 56-17, had three inhabitants in 1900, sixtv-nine in
1910, and 157 in 1920. Township 57-14 had 27, in 1900.' none in
1910, and 125 in 1920. Township 57-16 had ninety-five residents in
1910, and 126 in 1920. Township 57-19 had seventy-nine residents
in 1910, and 279 in 1920. Township 58-14 is prominent chiefly
because it is the railway junction between the Mesabi and Vermilion
range towns. It had thirty-seven inhabitants in 1900, sixty-two in
1910, and 100 in 1920. Township 59-12 had two inhabitants in 1900,
none in 1910, and no report was made in 1920. Adjoining town-
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