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History · Prescott Township

Prescott Township’s post office opened in 1863, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1863first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Prescott Township began

When was Prescott Township founded?

1863

The Prescott Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Prescott (1863), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 185163 years
Founding year: the first Prescott Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Prescott 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

Prescott Township, in brief

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

Prescott Township is a township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 222 at the 2000 census. Prescott Township was organized in 1861, and named for a pioneer settler.

Its first post office opened in 1863. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 163 to 185 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Prescott Township, 1863 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Prescott post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Prescott post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Prescott Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Prescott Township on the 1967 USGS mapPrescott Township on the 1979 USGS mapPrescott Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Blue Earth 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 Prescott Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Fenske Airportairport
1cemetery inside Prescott Township
Calvary

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.

Verona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlue Earth City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelavan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarber TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Prescott Township’s history

What year was Prescott Township founded?

The Prescott Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.