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History · Lime Township

18% of Lime Township’s homes were built before 1940

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Where Lime Township’s name came from

How did Lime Township get its name?

Lime Township was named from the limestone found in the area.

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What stands out about Lime Township’s past

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How Lime Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lime Township.

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Lime Township was organized in 1858. It was named from the limestone found in the area.

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Places that used to be

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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.

Mankato14 historic placesB+Belgrade TownshipIts storyCKasota Township2 historic placesB−Mankato TownshipIts storyCJamestown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia 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.