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History · Kandota Township

1 of Kandota Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kandota Section. Most of Kandota Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1966 on.

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What stands out about Kandota Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Kandota Township, in brief

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

Kandota Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 679 at the 2000 census and in the 2020 census it was 805. Kandota Township was organized in April 1870 and it took the name of a town site that had been proposed and platted in 1856. The site, which was on the shore of Fairy Lake, never developed into a town although it did have a Great Northern Railway station. It was the first town site platted in Todd County.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 729 to 805 (+10%).

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

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On the map

Kandota Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Kandota Township on the 1966 USGS mapKandota Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Sauk Lake sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Kandota Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kan…
Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kandota Section
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Earth Road1
Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kandota SectionEarth Road

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Kandota Township

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

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Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright · b. 1885
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Jodi HuisentruitAmerican journalist who disappeared on June 27,… · b. 1968
Rachel EversAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1992
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Jacob WetterlingAmerican kidnap victim · b. 1978
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James Beardsley HendryxAmerican author of western fiction · b. 1880
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Charles P. DavisUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1872
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Birchdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSauk Centre TownshipIts storyC−Little Sauk TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kandota Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Kandota Township?

One place: the Saint Cloud and Red River Valley Stage Road-Kandota Section (listed 1991).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.