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History · Lemond Township

Lemond Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 54% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
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How Lemond Township began

When was Lemond Township founded?

1856

The Lemond Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Lemond (1856) and Lemond (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 503170 years
Founding year: the first Lemond Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lemond 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 Lemond Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lemond Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lemond Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lemond Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lemond Township, in brief

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

Lemond is an unincorporated community in Lemond Township, Steele County, Minnesota, United States, near Owatonna and Ellendale. The community is located near the junction of Steele County Roads 4 and 7, and SW 89th Avenue.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 501 in 2010, 503 in 2020.

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

Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lemond
1856–1857
Lemond
1868–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lemond
Gone or out of use
Lemond Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lemond Township
DanishLemondPontoppidan LutheranZion Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Lemond Township, 1856 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Lemond post office opens
  3. 1857Post officeThe Lemond post office closes
  4. 1868Post officeThe Lemond post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Lemond post office closes
  7. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Lemond Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Lemond Township on the 1967 USGS mapLemond Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Hope 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 Lemond Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lemond Township

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

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Leroy ShieldAmerican film score and radio composer, pianist… · b. 1893
Lynn FrazierAmerican politician · b. 1874
Ray John MaddenAmerican politician · b. 1892
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Earl DouglassAmerican paleontologist · b. 1862
Robert SheranAmerican lawyer, judge and politician · b. 1916
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Glenn OdekirkAmerican engineer · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Somerset TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOtisco Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBerlin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeriden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lemond Township’s history

What year was Lemond Township founded?

The Lemond Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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.