Hi Garth!
You better take contact with The Grant County Historical Society, and or the local paper Grant County Herald. I think you will got an answer there. They are both in Elbow Lake in the Grant County. The adress to Grant County Historical Society :
P.O. Bow 1002 Elbow Lake, MN 56531
Some of the people who left Krøderen and Flaa, was living in the area called Lawrence Township.
My grandfather came from Krøderen. Say hellow to Lee from me.
Tormod Thoresen
Drammen Norway