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History · Holt Township

38% of Holt Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Holt 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 Holt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Holt Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holt Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Richland
1854–1867
Highland
1857–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Highland
Gone or out of use
Highland Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Holt Township
HoltNorth Highland

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Holt Township, in brief

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

Holt Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 307 at the 2000 census. Holt Township was organized in 1858, and named for Gilbert Holt, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 271 to 239 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Holt Township, 1854 to 1902

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Richland post office opens
  3. 1857Post officeThe Highland post office opens
  4. 1867Post officeThe Richland post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Highland post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Holt Township

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

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Arthur B. LanglieAmerican politician · b. 1900
Edwin Vincent O'HaraCatholic archbishop · b. 1881
Conrad SelvigAmerican politician · b. 1877
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Dean JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1947
Howard HaugerudAmerican government official · b. 1924
Konrad K. SolbergAmerican politician · b. 1874
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lanesboro2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAmherst TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCarrolton Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArendahl 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 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.