Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Kiel & Morgan Hotel/Lyon County Courthouse. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1960.
Lynd Township dates its founding to 1888 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1960.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lynd Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Lynd Township.
Lynd was platted in 1888. The city's namesake is state senator James Lynd, who was killed in the Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lynd Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lynd Township.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 259 and 448 people in every census since 1960.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lynd Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Lynd Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1888, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1960 counted 259 people here.
One place: the Kiel & Morgan Hotel/Lyon County Courthouse (listed 1982).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
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