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History · Leven Township

13% of Leven Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Daniel Pennie House. Below: maps from 1968 on.

1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Leven Township’s past

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The story so far

Leven Township, in brief

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Leven Township is a township in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 536 at the 2020 census. The township, as well as Lake Leven within its borders, were named after Loch Leven in Scotland, where one of the area's early pioneers grew up.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 499 to 536 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Leven Township, 1876 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Lake Amelia post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Lake Amelia post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Leven Township on the map, 1968 to 1979

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

Leven Township on the 1968 USGS mapLeven Township on the 1979 USGS map1968Villard 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 Leven Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Leven Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1982
Daniel Pennie House
Daniel Pennie House
Buildings
Daniel Pennie HouseBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Leven Township

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

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Peter KrauseAmerican actor · b. 1965
Duane HansonAmerican sculptor · b. 1925
Carl Van DykeAmerican congressman for Minnesota · b. 1881
Edward HansonU.S. Navy Vice admiral and Governor of American… · b. 1889
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Leif EngerAmerican writer · b. 1961
Paul AndersonAmerican politician · b. 1951
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Leven Township
CalvaryLake AmeliaLake LevenSaint 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.

Villard1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townReno TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlenwood Township1 historic placeBHudson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlenwood4 historic placesA−

Questions about Leven Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Leven Township?

One place: the Daniel Pennie House (listed 1982).

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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), 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.