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History · Minnesota Lake Township

49% of Minnesota Lake Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Minnesota Lake Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Minnesota Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Minnesota Lake Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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The story

How Minnesota Lake Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Minnesota Lake Township.

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Minnesota Lake was platted in 1866, and named after the nearby Minnesota Lake. The historic home of Peter Kremer and Millie Zabel, early community leaders, operates as a library and museum.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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

Minnesota Lake Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Minnesota Lake Township on the 1967 USGS mapMinnesota Lake Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Minnesota Lake 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 Minnesota Lake Township.

People over time

Minnesota Lake Township, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 744

Between 208 and 744 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Minnesota Lake Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Minnesota Lake Township
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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.

Walnut Lake Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLura TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDunbar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinnesota Lake1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDanville 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, 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.