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History · Moylan Township

11% of Moylan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moylan Township’s past

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

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The story so far

Moylan Township, in brief

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

Moylan Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 128 at the 2000 census. Moylan Township was organized in 1902, and named for Patrick Moylan, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 98 to 96 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Moylan Township, 1906 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Anstad post office opens
  3. 1918Post officeThe Anstad post office closes
  4. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Moylan Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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On the map

Moylan Township on the map in 1972

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moylan Township.

Moylan Township on the 1972 USGS map1972Goodridge 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 Moylan Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Anstad Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Moylan Township
Jerusalem

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.

Espelie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGoodridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEckvoll TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrand Plain 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.