History
Grove township formed 2 January 1867 by taking T125R33 from Oak township. Early settlers were Henry and brother Xavier Schaefers, Joseph Maly, Henry and Herman Meyer and their widowed mother, August Illies, G. P. Steward, Joseph Nahte. The area was a part of Sauk Centre township at the time of the 1860 census.
Cemeteries
St. John’s
Census
1870 (notes)
1870 (page 015b) (notes and added info)
1870 (page 020b) (notes and added info)
1880 (index)
Towns
Greenwald (Wikipedia)
Meire Grove (Wikipedia)
Melrose (alternate) (Wikipedia)
Education
Melrose Area Public Schools
Media
Melrose Beacon
Miscellaneous
Melrose Minnesota Area Chamber of Commerce
Deep Roots: One Hundred Years of Catholic Life in Meire Grove–Index
Index of the book: City of Meire Grove 1896-1996