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History · Frankford Township

Frankford Township’s post office opened in 1855, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Frankford Township began

When was Frankford Township founded?

1855

The Frankford Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Frankford (1855), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 385171 years
Founding year: the first Frankford Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Frankford 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 Frankford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Frankford Township, in brief

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

Frankford Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 358 at the 2000 census. The largest town located partially within the township is Grand Meadow, with a population of 945 people. The eastern half of Grand Meadow is in Frankford Township and the western half is in Grand Meadow Township. All other areas of the township are unincorporated. There was a village called Frankford on Deer Creek in the far eastern part of the township near Fillmore County. It almost became the county seat but lost this distinction to Austin.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 371 to 385 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Frankford Township, 1855 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Frankford post office opens
  3. 1867Born hereRalph J. Parker is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Frankford post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Frankford Township
Bear CreekFrankfordMethodist Norwegian

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.

Grand Meadow2 historic placesB+Racine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBennington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrand Meadow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Frankford Township’s history

What year was Frankford Township founded?

The Frankford Township post office opened in 1855, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.