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History · Germania Township

26% of Germania Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Germania Hall. Below: maps from 1966 on.

1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Germania Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Germania Township, in brief

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

Germania Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census and 527 in the 2020 census. Germania Township was organized in 1880, and named for the steamship Germania which Paul Steinbach, a German settler had arrived on. The 1917 Germania Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 500 to 527 (+5%).

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

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On the map

Germania Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Germania Township on the 1966 USGS mapGermania Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Clarissa 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 Germania Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Germania Township

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

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Germania Hall
Germania Hall, built 1917
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Germania HallBuilt 1917

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Germania Township

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

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Lesley J. McNairRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1883
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Elizabeth ColsonUS social anthropologist · b. 1917
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LaVyrle SpencerAmerican writer · b. 1943
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Gail T. KulickAmerican politician · b. 1959
Jack D. ShanstromUnited States Senior District Judge · b. 1932
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Lester W. MilbrathAmerican sociologist · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Germania Township
Moran - GermaniaSaint MatthewsScandinavianZoar

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.

Bartlett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBertha TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoran TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStaples TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Germania Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Germania Township?

One place: the Germania Hall (listed 1995).

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.