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History · Lien Township

39% of Lien Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
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Where Lien Township’s name came from

How did Lien Township get its name?

Lien Township was organized in 1874, and named for Ole E. Lien, an early Norwegian settler.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
School Number 14schoolSchool Number 25schoolSchool Number 53schoolSchool Number 67schoolUnion Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lien Township
BethaniaFridhemImmanuel LutheranLund

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.

Barrett2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSanford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelaware TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoseville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.