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History · Louriston Township

Louriston Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Louriston Township began

When was Louriston Township founded?

1874

The Louriston Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Louriston (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 254152 years
Founding year: the first Louriston Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Louriston Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Louriston Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Louriston Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Louriston Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Louriston Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Louriston Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Louriston (also Lorriston) is an unincorporated community in Louriston Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 165 to 254 (+54%).

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

Timeline

Louriston Township, 1874 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Louriston post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Louriston post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Louriston Township on the map, 1958 to 1986

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

Louriston Township on the 1958 USGS mapLouriston Township on the 1979 USGS mapLouriston Township on the 1986 USGS map1958Kerkhoven SW 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 Louriston Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Louriston Township

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

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Seth HinrichsAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
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William A. MitchellAmerican food chemist · b. 1911
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Clarence L. GunterAmerican politician – Minnesota -- "Shorty, C.L… · b. 1908
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Howard Wads RundquistAmerican politician – Minnesota -House 1943-50 … · b. 1901
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Louriston
Gone or out of use
Louriston Post Officepost officeLouriston Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Louriston Township
Buffalo LakeLouriston TownshipSwedish Lutheran

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.

Woods TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrace TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrate TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDublin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Louriston Township’s history

What year was Louriston Township founded?

The Louriston Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.