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History · Hartford Township

21% of Hartford Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge No. L7075.

1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hartford 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 Hartford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Hartford Township, in brief

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

Hartford Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. By the 2020 census the population had declined to 644 inhabitants. Hartford Township was organized in 1867. The township shares its name with a city and county in Connecticut and with sixteen townships and villages across the country. A village named Hartford was also found in section 33 of neighboring Ward township. A post office in the village of Hartford was opened in 1870 but is no longer in operation.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 662 to 644 (-3%).

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hartford Township

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2016
Bridge No. L7075
Bridge No. L7075
Structures
Bridge No. L7075Structure

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hartford Township

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

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Joanne FlukeAmerican writer (c. 1943 -) · b. 1943
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LaVyrle SpencerAmerican writer · b. 1943
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Gail T. KulickAmerican politician · b. 1959
Joyce PeppinAmerican politician · b. 1970
Lew DrillAmerican baseball player · b. 1877
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Chuck MollerAmerican football player and coach
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Ward TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLittle Elk TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLong Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hartford Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Hartford Township?

One place: the Bridge No. L7075 (listed 2016).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.