Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Lambert Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Lambert Township

25% of Lambert Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Lambert 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 Lambert Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1985. Watch Lambert Township change.Old housesHalf of Lambert Township’s homes were built before 1957.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Lambert Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lambert Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Lambert Township on the map, 1919 to 1985

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

Lambert Township on the 1919 USGS mapLambert Township on the 1971 USGS mapLambert Township on the 1985 USGS map1919Oklee 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 Lambert Township.

The story so far

Lambert Township, in brief

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

Lambert Township is a township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 154 at the 2000 census. Lambert Township bears the name of Francois Lambert, a county official.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 129 to 136 (+5%).

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

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Lambert Township

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

See all →
Jan NarvesonCanadian philosopher · b. 1936
Lorie Skjerven GildeaAmerican judge · b. 1961
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Bachand Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lambert Township
Saint Francis XavierSaint Francis XavierZion

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.

OkleeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPoplar River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarnes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLessor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lambert Township’s history

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.