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History · Little Elbow Township

Half of Little Elbow Township’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Little Elbow Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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Little Elbow Township, in brief

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Little Elbow Township is a township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 225 at the 2000 census. It contains part of the census-designated place of Twin Lakes.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 259 to 318 (+23%).

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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La Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOakland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTwin Lakes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle View 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 →