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History · Burbank Township

Burbank Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1867first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Burbank Township began

When was Burbank Township founded?

1867

The Burbank Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Burbank (1867), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 571159 years
Founding year: the first Burbank Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Burbank 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 Burbank Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burbank Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Burbank Township, in brief

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

Burbank Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 510 at the 2000 census. Burbank Township was organized in 1866, and named for Henry Clay Burbank, an area merchant.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 566 in 2010, 571 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Burbank Township, 1867 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Burbank post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Burbank post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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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On the map

Burbank Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Burbank Township on the 1967 USGS mapBurbank Township on the 1986 USGS map1967New London 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 Burbank Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Burbank Township

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

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Lisa DemuthAmerican politician · b. 1967
Shane ZylstraAmerican football tight end · b. 1996
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Manny SteeleAmerican politician · b. 1940
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Brandon ZylstraAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1993
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Burbank Township
BurbankCrow River Lutheran ChurchGausdal Lutheran

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.

New London TownshipIts storyC−Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoseville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrow River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Burbank Township’s history

What year was Burbank Township founded?

The Burbank Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.