On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Farden Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Farden Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Farden Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.1 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Farden Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Graceland
1897–1898
Farris
1898–1915
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Farris
Gone or out of use
Farris Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Farden Township
FarrisMalvik Lutheran Church
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Farden Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Farden Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Farden Township is a township in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,145 at the 2020 census. Farden Township was named for Ole J. Farden, an early Norwegian settler.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,137 in 2010, 1,145 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Farden Township, 1897 to 1972
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Farden Township.
1972Steamboat 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 Farden Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Farden Township
Nobody well known was born in Farden Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Farden Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Farden Township?
7% of Farden Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.1 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1985.
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).
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.
