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History · Jordan Township

Jordan Township’s post office opened in 1855, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

1855first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Jordan Township began

When was Jordan Township founded?

1855

The Jordan Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Jordan (1855), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 381171 years
Founding year: the first Jordan Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Jordan 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 Jordan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jordan Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Jordan Township, in brief

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

Jordan Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 412 at the 2000 census. Jordan Township was organized in 1858, and named after the Jordan Creek. Jordan Town Hall was built in 1877 by Thomas Ferguson, a Scottish immigrant stonemason.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 352 to 381 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Jordan Township, 1855 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Jordan post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Jordan post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Jordan Township on the map, 1955 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jordan Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jordan Township on the 1955 USGS mapJordan Township on the 1974 USGS map1955Stewartville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jordan Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jordan Township

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

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Richard Warren SearsAmerican businessman · b. 1863
William FawcettAmerican actor · b. 1894
John Paul GoodeAmerican cartographer · b. 1862
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Henrietta Melia LarsonAmerican historian, 1894-1983 · b. 1894
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Agnes LarsonAmerican historian · b. 1892
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Kinsey AndersonPhysicist · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Jordan, opened and closed inside today’s town.

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jordan Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Fillmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSumner Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Jordan Township’s history

What year was Jordan Township founded?

The Jordan Township post office opened in 1855, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.