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History · La Prairie Township

Half of La Prairie Township’s homes were built after 1990

Most of La Prairie Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about La Prairie 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 La Prairie Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages6 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Prairie Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Big Bear LandingBonga LandingBush LandingJack PinePonsford LandingRice Lake

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

La Prairie Township, in brief

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

La Prairie Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 398 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated places of Rice Lake and South End and part of Roy Lake.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 356 to 398 (+12%).

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.

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On the map

La Prairie Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

La Prairie Township on the 1969 USGS mapLa Prairie Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Zerkel 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 La Prairie Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Little Elbow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRound Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFalk TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRice TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLong Lost Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinerva TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRice LakeIts 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 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.