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Home Township’s post office opened in 1868, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Home Township began

When was Home Township founded?

1868

The Home Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Golden Gate (1868) and Home (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 495158 years
Founding year: the first Home Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Home 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 Home Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Home Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Home Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

Golden Gate
1868–1900
Home
1868–1900
18601940today
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Home Township
CurrentGolden GateHome

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

The story so far

Home Township, in brief

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

Home Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 800 as of the 2000 census. Home Township was organized in 1866.

Its first post office opened in 1868. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 545 to 495 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Home Township, 1868 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Golden Gate post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Home post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Golden Gate post office closes
  6. 1900Post officeThe Home post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Home Township

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

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Tippi HedrenAmerican actress, model and activist · b. 1930
Wanda GágAmerican artist and children's writer · b. 1893
Kathryn Adams DotyActress, psychologist, writer · b. 1920
Brad FinstadAmerican politician · b. 1976
Lenore UlricAmerican actress · b. 1892
David RysdahlAmerican actor · b. 1960
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ridgely Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairieville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMilford Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Home Township’s history

What year was Home Township founded?

The Home Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.