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History · Linden Township

Linden Township’s post office opened in 1869, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Thormodson Barn and the Nora Free Christian Church.

1869first post office
2on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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How Linden Township began

When was Linden Township founded?

1869

The Linden Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Linden (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 291157 years
Founding year: the first Linden Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Linden Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Thormodson Barn
Thormodson BarnNora Free Christian Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival1
All 2 listings
Thormodson BarnBuilding · listed 1979Nora Free Christian ChurchBuilding · listed 1988

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

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Linden
Gone or out of use
Linden Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Linden Township
LindenMount PisgahRice Lake

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.

Lake Hanska TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHanska2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButternut Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadelia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCottonwood Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Linden Township’s history

What year was Linden Township founded?

The Linden Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Linden Township?

Two places: the Thormodson Barn (listed 1979) and the Nora Free Christian Church (1988).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.