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History · Lake Valley Township

20% of Lake Valley Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 8 buildings.

1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Valley Township’s past

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The story so far

Lake Valley Township, in brief

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Lake Valley Township is a township in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. Lake Valley Township was organized in 1881. One property in the township, Larson's Hunters Resort, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 237 to 198 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Lake Valley Township, 1883 to 1901

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Traverse post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Traverse post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901BuiltLarson's Hunters Resort is built
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 8 historic buildings

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
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1985
Larson's Hunters Resort
Larson's Hunters Resort, built 1901
Districts
Larson's Hunters ResortBuilt 1901

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 Valley Township

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

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Jack ConwayAmerican film director and actor · b. 1887
Madeleine BordalloGuamanian politician · b. 1933
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Bill DavisAmerican baseball player · b. 1942
Tom KellyAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1950
Michael ColleyUnited States admiral · b. 1938
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Charles A. BergAmerican politician · b. 1927
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
School Number 15schoolSchool Number 39schoolSchool Number 45schoolSchool Number 47schoolSchool Number 53schoolSchool Number 55school
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lake Valley Township
NelsonSaint Johns

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.

Monson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCroke TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClifton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lake Valley Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Lake Valley Township?

One place: the Larson's Hunters Resort (listed 1985).

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.