The Haven Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Haven (1877) and Cable (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,610149 years
How historic is Haven Township?
C−
More historic than 21% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Haven Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Haven Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haven Township is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Haven Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Haven Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be C−. The pre-1940 share (±2.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Haven Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Haven
1877–1880
Cable
1884–1892
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cable
Gone or out of use
Aysta Field AirportairportCable Post Officepost officeHaven Airportairport
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Haven Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Haven Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Haven Township is a township in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,024 at the 2000 census. Haven Township was organized in 1872, and named for John Ormsbee Haven, a state legislator.
Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,986 to 2,610 (+31%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Haven Township, 1877 to 1892
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Haven Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Haven Township rank for history?
Haven Township is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Haven Township?
5% of Haven Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1978.
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).
From 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.
