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History · Alfsborg Township

58% of Alfsborg Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Alfsborg Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Alfsborg Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Alfsborg Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Alfsborg Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Alfsborg Township.

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Alfsborg Township was organized on January 26, 1869, and named after Älvsborg County in Sweden.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Alfsborg Township on the map, 1953 to 1967

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

Alfsborg Township on the 1953 USGS mapAlfsborg Township on the 1967 USGS map1953New Ulm sheet · 1:250,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

WinthropIts storyB−Cornish TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSibley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBernadotte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.