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History · Sand Lake Township

Half of Sand Lake Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Sand Lake Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1970 on.

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What stands out about Sand Lake 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 Sand Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Sand Lake Township, in brief

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

Sand Lake Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 184 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 146 to 184 (+26%).

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

Timeline

Sand Lake Township, 1922 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1922Post officeThe Oslund post office opens
  3. 1933Post officeThe Oslund post office closes
  4. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Sand Lake Township on the map, 1970 to 1996

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

Sand Lake Township on the 1970 USGS mapSand Lake Township on the 1996 USGS map1970Wirt 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 Sand Lake Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Oslund
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Oslund Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Sand Lake Township
Sand Lake

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.

Max TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWirt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Jessie 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.