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History · Fountain Township

33% of Fountain Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge No. L4770. Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1880.

1on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fountain Township’s past

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The story so far

Fountain Township, in brief

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

Fountain is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fountain had a population of 409. Fountain is the western terminus of the Root River segment of the Root River State Trail. Local attractions include the Fillmore County History Center.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 315 to 301 (-4%).

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

By decade

Fountain Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Fountain, Minnesota2024Fountain, MinnesotaFillmoreMuseum2009FillmoreMuseum1925signMinnHwyDeptBridge443520091925signMinnHwyDeptBridge4435MNMap-doton-Fountain2005MNMap-doton-Fountain
On the map

Fountain Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

Fountain Township on the 1965 USGS mapFountain Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Fountain 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 Fountain Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Fountain Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Bridge No. L4770
Bridge No. L4770
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Stone-Arch Bridge1
All 1 listings
Bridge No. L4770Structure · listed 1989

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

People over time

Fountain Township, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 410

Between 248 and 410 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fountain Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Fountain Township

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

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Arthur B. LanglieAmerican politician · b. 1900
Edwin Vincent O'HaraCatholic archbishop · b. 1881
George A. BillingsAmerican actor · b. 1870
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Henrietta Melia LarsonAmerican historian, 1894-1983 · b. 1894
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Agnes LarsonAmerican historian · b. 1892
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Dean JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Kohlmeyer Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fountain Township
FountainGaleWatsonWinslow

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.

Carimona Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston4 historic placesA−Fillmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarrolton Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fountain Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Fountain Township?

One place: the Bridge No. L4770 (listed 1989).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.