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Lake Township is a township in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 412 at the 2000 census. Lake Township was originally called Lake City Township when it was organized in 1858, but the name was shortened to its present form after 1872.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 442 to 431 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Lake Township in 1920
Passages that mention Lake Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Wabasha County, Minnesota1920 · page 153Read the page →
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Lake Township was first officially known as the town of Lake City, and as such included within its limits Lake City proper, which settlement, however, soon obtained special powers to be hereinafter described. It was not so much beauty of location, as it was opportunity for trade, that was sought by the early settlers along the upper Mississippi, else the beautiful location this city now occupies would not so long have remained unclaimed by white settlers.
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History of Wabasha County, Minnesota1920 · page 498Read the page →
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did not enable him to again board it. He took a later train, however, and joined his family at Chicago. The first winter after their arrival in Wabasha County he secured work in a planing mill. Then for many years he worked on his father’s farm, first in West Albany Township, and then in Lake Township. In 1887 he purchased 106 acres in Lake Township, four miles from Lake City. On this place he erected a good home, barn and other buildings. Soon, however, he had the misfortune to lose the barn by fire, the buildings and contents, horses, harnesses, hay and grain being totally destroyed. But with undaunted courage
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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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The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lake Township.
1951Lake City sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lake Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Lake Township
Nobody well known was born in Lake Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
