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History · Darling Township

Darling Township’s post office opened in 1903, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Darling Township began

When was Darling Township founded?

1903

The Darling Township post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Darling (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 475123 years
Founding year: the first Darling Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Darling 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 Darling 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 Darling Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Darling Township, in brief

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

Darling Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 600 at the 2000 census. Darling Township was originally called Randall Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1891. The present name adopted in 1907, is for William L. Darling, a railroad official.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 535 to 475 (-11%).

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

By decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Darling Township

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

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Brian KobilkaAmerican physiologist · b. 1955
Louise ErdrichAmerican-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's … · b. 1954
Duane BobickAmerican boxer · b. 1950
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Jim LangerAmerican football player · b. 1948
Ben HanowskiIce hockey player from the USA · b. 1990
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Fred ZollnerAmerican industrialist · b. 1901
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Darling Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Darling Township
Fish LakeImmanuel LutheranOld Darling Mission

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.

Cushing TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRandallIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen Prairie Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Darling Township’s history

What year was Darling Township founded?

The Darling Township post office opened in 1903, 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 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.