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History · Fall Lake Township

2 of Fall Lake Township’s places are on the National Register

Most of Fall Lake Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1981 on.

2on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fall Lake 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 Fall Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Fall Lake Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fall Lake Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sellwood
1906–1908
Section Thirty
1910–1933
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Prairie PortageSection ThirtySilver RapidsWhite Iron
Gone or out of use
Section Thirty Post Officepost officeSellwood Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Fall Lake Township, in brief

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

Fall Lake Township is a township in Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 630 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 549 to 630 (+15%).

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

Timeline

Fall Lake Township, 1906 to 1981

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Sellwood post office opens
  3. 1908Post officeThe Sellwood post office closes
  4. 1910Post officeThe Section Thirty post office opens
  5. 1933Post officeThe Section Thirty post office closes
  6. 1981On 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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On the map

Fall Lake Township on the map in 1981

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fall Lake Township.

Fall Lake Township on the 1981 USGS map1981Snowbank Lake 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 Fall Lake Township.

On the National Register

2 listings protect 29 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
29
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Halfway Ranger Station
Halfway Ranger StationKawishiwi Lodge
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Rustic1
Adirondack1
All 2 listings
Halfway Ranger StationDistrict · listed 2011Kawishiwi LodgeDistrict · listed 2021

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Fall Lake Township

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

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Jessica BielAmerican actress · b. 1982
Matt DeanAmerican politician in Minnesota · b. 1966
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David MerharAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1946
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John PerkoAmerican football player · b. 1918
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Stony River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorse Township2 historic placesA−Crystal Bay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fall Lake Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Fall Lake Township?

Two places: the Halfway Ranger Station (listed 2011) and the Kawishiwi Lodge (2021).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.