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History · Lake George Township

Lake George Township’s post office opened in 1933

Most of Lake George Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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How Lake George Township began

When was Lake George Township founded?

1933

The Lake George Township post office opened in 1933, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Niawa (1896) and Yola (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 38993 years
Founding year: the first Lake George Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lake George 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 George Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lake George Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake George Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Niawa
1896–1938
Yola
1903–1933
Lake George
1933–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ken and Debi Lathrop Mobile Home ParkLake GeorgeLake George Pines Mobile Home ParkYola
Gone or out of use
Niawa Post Officepost officeNiawa Railroad Stationlocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lake George Township, in brief

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

Lake George is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake George Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 230. The population was 233 at the time of the 2020 census. The community is located along U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 200 (MN 200) near Hubbard County Road 4. Nearby places include Laporte, Park Rapids, and Itasca State Park. Lake George has a post office with ZIP code 56458, which opened in 1903. The village of Lake George held its 40th annual Blueberry Festival in July 2024.

Its first post office opened in 1933. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 378 to 389 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Lake George Township, 1896 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Niawa post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Yola post office opens
  5. 1933Post officeThe Yola post office closes
  6. 1933Post officeThe Lake George post office opens
  7. 1938Post officeThe Niawa post office closes
  8. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 George Township on the map, 1954 to 1972

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

Lake George Township on the 1954 USGS mapLake George Township on the 1972 USGS map1954Bemidji sheet · 1:250,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHendrickson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSchoolcraft TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lake George Township’s history

What year was Lake George Township founded?

The Lake George Township post office opened in 1933, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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.