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History · Round Prairie Township

Round Prairie Township’s post office opened in 1868, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

1868first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Round Prairie Township began

When was Round Prairie Township founded?

1868

The Round Prairie Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Round Prairie (1868), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 714158 years
Founding year: the first Round Prairie Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Round Prairie 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

Round Prairie Township, in brief

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

Round Prairie Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 692 at the 2000 census. By the 2020 census the population had increased to 714 residents. Round Prairie Township was named for a large prairie within its borders. A village name Round Prairie is located in section 18. Round Prairie Village was platted in 1903 and had a post office from 1868 to 1963. It had a Great Northern Train Station.

Its first post office opened in 1868. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 706 in 2010, 714 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Round Prairie Township, 1868 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Round Prairie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1963Post officeThe Round Prairie post office closes
  5. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Round Prairie Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Round Prairie Community Church, Round Prairie Township, Todd County, Minnesota-012024Round Prairie Community Church, Round Prairie Townshi…Elderberry Drive and 190th Street, Round Prairie Township, Todd County, Minnesota-022024Elderberry Drive and 190th Street, Round Prairie Town…
On the map

Round Prairie Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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

Round Prairie Township on the 1966 USGS mapRound Prairie Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Long Prairie 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 Round Prairie Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Round Prairie Township

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

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Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright · b. 1885
Rachel EversAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1992
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Joanne FlukeAmerican writer (c. 1943 -) · b. 1943
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LaVyrle SpencerAmerican writer · b. 1943
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James Beardsley HendryxAmerican author of western fiction · b. 1880
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Gail T. KulickAmerican politician · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Round Prairie
Gone or out of use
Round PrairielocaleRound Prairie Post Officepost office

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.

Birchdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLong Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurnhamville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLittle Sauk TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Round Prairie Township’s history

What year was Round Prairie Township founded?

The Round Prairie Township post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), 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.