Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Kego Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Kego Township

Half of Kego Township’s homes were built after 1992

Most of Kego Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Kego 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 Kego Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Kego Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kego Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Kego Township, in brief

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

Kego Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 613 as of the 2020 census. Kego is a name derived from the Ojibwe language, meaning "fish".

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 505 to 613 (+21%).

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

By decade

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Kego Township

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

See all →
Mary Welsh HemingwayAmerican journalist · b. 1908
Thomas D. WhiteFourth Chief of Staff of the United States Air … · b. 1901
George ParshallAmerican chemist · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

LongvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInguadona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoy Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWabedo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRogers TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kego Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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.