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History · Andrea Township

14% of Andrea Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Andrea Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Andrea Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Andrea Township’s homes were built before 1947.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1981. Watch Andrea Township change.
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The story so far

Andrea Township, in brief

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

Andrea Township is a township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 70 at the 2000 census. Andrea Township was named for Andrea Heider, a homesteader.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 65 to 57 (-12%).

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

On the map

Andrea Township on the map, 1919 to 1981

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

Andrea Township on the 1919 USGS mapAndrea Township on the 1951 USGS mapAndrea Township on the 1981 USGS map1919Rothsay sheet · 1:62,500

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

Timeline

Andrea Township, 1887 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Burau post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Burau post office closes
  5. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Burau Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Andrea Township
Burau

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.

Carlisle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAkron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNilsen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOscar 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.