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History · Rollingstone Township

17% of Rollingstone Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rollingstone Township’s past

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The story

How Rollingstone Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rollingstone Township.

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Rollingstone was founded by immigrants from Luxembourg. The city was named after nearby Rollingstone Creek. Sites in Rollingstone on the National Register of Historic Places include the 1869 Church of the Holy Trinity, its associated school, and the 1900 Rollingstone Village Hall. The city is named for the Rollingstone Creek. The name 'Rollingstone' comes from the Dakota Eyan-omen-man-met-pah, literal translation being 'the stream where the stone rolls'.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Rollingstone Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Rollingstone Community School and City Office2024Rollingstone Community School and City OfficeRollingstone Feed, Rollingstone, Minnesota2017Rollingstone Feed, Rollingstone, MinnesotaHouse in Rollingstone, Minnesota2017House in Rollingstone, MinnesotaBroadway and Main, Rollingstone, Minnesota2017Broadway and Main, Rollingstone, MinnesotaHolyTrinityRollingstoneMN2009HolyTrinityRollingstoneMN
On the map

Rollingstone Township on the map, 1972 to 1993

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

Rollingstone Township on the 1972 USGS mapRollingstone Township on the 1985 USGS mapRollingstone Township on the 1993 USGS map1972Rollingstone 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 Rollingstone Township.

People over time

Rollingstone Township, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 697

Between 202 and 697 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hidden Valley Mobile Home VillageWhitman
Gone or out of use
Rollingstonelocale

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.

GoodviewIts storyDMinnesota CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMount Vernon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinona36 historic placesA+Hillsdale 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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), 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.