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History · Leaf Mountain Township

Leaf Mountain Township’s post office opened in 1878, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

1878first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Leaf Mountain Township began

When was Leaf Mountain Township founded?

1878

The Leaf Mountain Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Leaf Mountain (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 322148 years
Founding year: the first Leaf Mountain Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Leaf Mountain Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Leaf Mountain Township, in brief

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

Leaf Mountain Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 322 at the 2020 census. Leaf Mountain Township was organized in 1874.

Its first post office opened in 1878. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 326 in 2010, 322 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Leaf Mountain Township, 1878 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Leaf Mountain post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Leaf Mountain post office closes
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Leaf Mountain Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Leaf Mountain Township on the 1969 USGS mapLeaf Mountain Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Inspiration Peak 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 Leaf Mountain Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Leaf Mountain Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Leaf Mountain Township
Inspiration PeakLeaf Mountain Lutheran

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.

Eagle Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEffington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNidaros TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillerville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Leaf Mountain Township’s history

What year was Leaf Mountain Township founded?

The Leaf Mountain Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.