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History · Green Prairie Township

Green Prairie Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge No. 4969. Below: maps from 1948 on.

1867first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Green Prairie Township began

When was Green Prairie Township founded?

1867

The Green Prairie Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Green Prairie (1867), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 764159 years
Founding year: the first Green Prairie Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Green Prairie 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 Green Prairie Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Prairie Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Green Prairie Township, in brief

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

Green Prairie Township is a township in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 665 at the 2000 census. Green Prairie Township was organized in 1868, and named for Charles H. Green, an early settler who was killed in the Civil War.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 748 to 764 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Green Prairie Township, 1867 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Green Prairie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Green Prairie post office closes
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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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

Green Prairie Township on the map, 1948 to 1979

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

Green Prairie Township on the 1948 USGS mapGreen Prairie Township on the 1956 USGS mapGreen Prairie Township on the 1979 USGS map1948Belle Prairie sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Green Prairie Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Green Prairie Township

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

place listed
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2015
Bridge No. 4969
Bridge No. 4969
Structures
Bridge No. 4969Structure

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Green Prairie Township

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

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Brian KobilkaAmerican physiologist · b. 1955
Louise ErdrichAmerican-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's … · b. 1954
Duane BobickAmerican boxer · b. 1950
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Jim LangerAmerican football player · b. 1948
John StumpfAmerican businessman · b. 1953
Ben HanowskiIce hockey player from the USA · b. 1990
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Green Prairie Township
Green Prairie

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.

Little Falls10 historic placesABelle Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRipley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDarling TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCushing TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Green Prairie Township’s history

What year was Green Prairie Township founded?

The Green Prairie Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Green Prairie Township?

One place: the Bridge No. 4969 (listed 2015).

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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.