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History · Nunda Township

48% of Nunda Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
48%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Nunda 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 Nunda Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Nunda Township.Old housesHalf of Nunda Township’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nunda Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bear Lake
1858–1877
Clover
1895–1908
18501940today
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nunda Township
Bear Lake Concordia LutheranBrush HillOak LawnSaint James

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Nunda Township, in brief

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

Nunda Township is a township in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census. Nunda Township was organized in 1858.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 321 to 309 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Nunda Township, 1858 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Bear Lake post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Bear Lake post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Clover post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Clover post office closes
  7. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Nunda Township on the map, 1954 to 1982

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

Nunda Township on the 1954 USGS mapNunda Township on the 1982 USGS map1954Albert Lea sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nunda Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

EmmonsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreeman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPickerel Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMansfield 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 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.