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History · Lost River Township

20% of Lost River Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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Famous people

Famous people close to Lost River Township

Nobody well known was born in Lost River Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Larry BirdAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1956
Mike BraunAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1954
Brad EllsworthAmerican politician · b. 1958
Frank W. MilburnUnited States Army general · b. 1892
Charles Hall DillonAmerican politician · b. 1853
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Daniel M. BuechleinRoman Catholic archbishop in the United States · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Rusk
1892–1954
Windom
1892–1906
Yenne
1897–1906
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
RuskWindomYenne
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lost River Township
AndersonConnellEmmons RidgeGreenJonesSimmonsWalker

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rutherford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHalbert Township1 historic placeA−Columbia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarbison Township1 historic placeA−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.