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History · Iona Township

27% of Iona Township’s homes were built before 1940

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27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Iona Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Iona Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Iona Township, in brief

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Iona Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census and was 504 at the time of the 2020 census. Iona Township was organized in 1881, and named after Iona an island in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. The island of Iona is noted for its Hebridean sheep and high quality wool products. There is also an Iona township in Murray County, Minnesota. Iona in Todd County was originally called Odessa. There are six other Iona townships catalogued in Wikipedia, including in the States of Iowa, Michigan, and Kansas. The word Iona means Saint in Scottish Gaelic.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 490 to 504 (+3%).

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

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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Iona Township
Deer ParkFreemans CreekFreemans Creek

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.

Reynolds TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHartford Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurleene 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 USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.