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History · Lake Andrew Township

Lake Andrew Township’s post office opened in 1881, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Lake Andrew Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings. Below: maps from 1967 on.

1881first post office
1on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Lake Andrew Township began

When was Lake Andrew Township founded?

1881

The Lake Andrew Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lake Andrew (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 978145 years
Founding year: the first Lake Andrew Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lake Andrew 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 Lake Andrew 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 Lake Andrew Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lake Andrew Township, in brief

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

Lake Andrew Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2000 census. Lake Andrew Township was organized in 1872, and named for its Andrew Lake.

Its first post office opened in 1881. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 982 in 2010, 978 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Lake Andrew Township, 1881 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Lake Andrew post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Lake Andrew post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Lake Andrew Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Lake Andrew Township on the 1967 USGS mapLake Andrew Township on the 1986 USGS map1967Mount Tom 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 Lake Andrew Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 10 historic buildings

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

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Sibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Dis…
Sibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

NPS Rustic1
Sibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic DistrictNPS Rustic

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Andrew Township

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

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Rick SwensonAmerican musher · b. 1950
Seth OlsenAmerican football player · b. 1985
Kenneth L. OlsonUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1945
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Mary OlsonAmerican politician · b. 1958
Shane ZylstraAmerican football tight end · b. 1996
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Manny SteeleAmerican politician · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lake Andrew Township
First LutheranLake AndrewLake Florida

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.

Arctander TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew London TownshipIts storyC−Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDovre Township1 historic placeBMamre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lake Andrew Township’s history

What year was Lake Andrew Township founded?

The Lake Andrew Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Lake Andrew Township?

One place: the Sibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District (listed 1992).

Memory lane

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

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.