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History · Blowers Township

Blowers Township’s post office opened in 1899, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

1899first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Blowers Township began

When was Blowers Township founded?

1899

The Blowers Township post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Blowers (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 360127 years
Founding year: the first Blowers Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blowers 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 first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blowers Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Blowers Township, in brief

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

Blowers Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 360 at the 2020 census. Blowers Township was organized in 1884, and named for A. S. Blowers, a county official.

Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 321 to 360 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Blowers Township, 1899 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Blowers post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Blowers post office closes
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Blowers Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Blowers Township on the 1969 USGS mapBlowers Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Sebeka SW 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 Blowers Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blowers Township

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

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Kenneth ArnoldAmerican aviator and businessman · b. 1915
Lesley J. McNairRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1883
Forrest MarsAmerican businessman · b. 1904
Peter HayesAmerican guitarist · b. 1976
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Don MonsonAmerican basketball coach · b. 1933
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John CampbellAmerican football player and Navy veteran · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blowers Township
Hay CreekSaint Peter's Norwegian Lutheran Church

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.

Bluffton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHomestead TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPaddock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Blowers Township’s history

What year was Blowers Township founded?

The Blowers Township post office opened in 1899, 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, 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.