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History · Grace Township

20% of Grace Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grace 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 Grace Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grace Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Grace Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grace Township.

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Grace Township was organized in 1880, and named for Grace Whittemore, the daughter of an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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

Grace Township on the map, 1958 to 1979

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

Grace Township on the 1958 USGS mapGrace Township on the 1979 USGS map1958Gracelock 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 Grace Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grace Township

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

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Wayne BrabenderAmerican-Spanish basketball player · b. 1945
Mark KennedyAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1957
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Edgar DaleLearning pyramid by Edgar Dale · b. 1900
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Seth HinrichsAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
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William A. MitchellAmerican food chemist · b. 1911
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Leo Hale TaylorAmerican Catholic priest · b. 1889
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Paynes Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grace Township
Buffalo LakeHillsideSaint John'sSaint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran

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.

Cashel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLouriston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMandt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHavelock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, 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.