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History · Albin Township

Albin Township’s post office opened in 1890, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Albin Township began

When was Albin Township founded?

1890

The Albin Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Albin (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 311136 years
Founding year: the first Albin Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Albin Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Albin Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Albin Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Albin Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 329 at the 2000 census. Albin Township was organized in 1870.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 348 to 311 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Albin Township, 1890 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Albin post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Albin post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Albin Township on the map, 1967 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Albin Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Albin Township on the 1967 USGS mapAlbin Township on the 1986 USGS mapAlbin Township on the 1991 USGS map1967Lake Hanska West sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Albin Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Albin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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.

Lake Hanska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMulligan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNelson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdrian TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Albin Township’s history

What year was Albin Township founded?

The Albin Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.