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History · Rabbit Lake Township

Half of Rabbit Lake Township’s homes were built after 1996

Most of Rabbit Lake Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1913 on.

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What stands out about Rabbit Lake Township’s past

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The story so far

Rabbit Lake Township, in brief

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

Rabbit Lake Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 327 at the 2020 census. The township took its name from Rabbit Lake.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 319 to 327 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Rabbit Lake Township, 1910 to 1914

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe Iron Hub post office opens
  3. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1914Post officeThe Iron Hub post office closes
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On the map

Rabbit Lake Township on the map, 1913 to 1973

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

Rabbit Lake Township on the 1913 USGS mapRabbit Lake Township on the 1973 USGS map1913Cuyuna 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 Rabbit Lake Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rabbit Lake Township

Nobody well known was born in Rabbit Lake Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Thomas W. Simons, Jr.American diplomat · b. 1938
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Brittany ChambersAmerican basketball player · b. 1991
Nick AndersonAmerican baseball Player · b. 1990
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Anthony BonsanteAmerican boxer · b. 1970
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Allen J. HubinAmerican literary historian and literary critic · b. 1936
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Iron Hub Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rabbit Lake Township
Cedarbrook - Saint John's LutheranImmanuel

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.

Cuyuna2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPerry Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerwood TownshipIts storyCAitkin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWolford Township1 historic placenot 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.