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History · Lake Jessie Township

Half of Lake Jessie Township’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Lake Jessie Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Jessie Township’s past

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The story so far

Lake Jessie Township, in brief

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

Lake Jessie Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 248 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 303 to 248 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Lake Jessie Township, 1909 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Jesse Lake post office opens
  3. 1912Post officeThe Spring Lake post office opens
  4. 1954Post officeThe Jesse Lake post office closes
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Lake Jessie Township on the map, 1970 to 1996

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

Lake Jessie Township on the 1970 USGS mapLake Jessie Township on the 1996 USGS map1970Spring 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 Lake Jessie Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Jesse Lake
1909–1954
Spring Lake
1912–today
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Jessie LakeSpring Lake
Gone or out of use
Jesse Lake Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lake Jessie Township
GreenwoodOld Norwegian Church

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.

Marcell Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBowstring TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStokes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSand Lake TownshipIts 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, 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.