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History · Sandstone Township

19% of Sandstone Township’s homes were built before 1940

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19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sandstone Township’s past

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How Sandstone Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sandstone Township.

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The Village of Fortuna was platted by Caleb C. Ward and incorporated on May 19, 1857. It was originally platted at the junction of the Point Douglas to Superior Military Road and Kettle River. Fortuna served as the county seat for Buchanan County, Minnesota. By 1887, it had 200 residents. Just north of Fortuna, the Village of Sandstone was platted in June 1887 and incorporated on September 28, 1887. On April 14, 1920, the villages of Fortuna and Sandstone merged and reincorporated as the City of Sandstone.

Sandstone station served Great Northern Railway and Amtrak passenger trains until 1985.

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By decade

Sandstone Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Kettle River trestle, Sandstone, MN2013Kettle River trestle, Sandstone, MNHinckley Fire Relief House2013Hinckley Fire Relief HouseKettle River Quarry 062008Kettle River Quarry 06Kettle River High Bridge2008Kettle River High BridgeBridge 5718 22008Bridge 5718 2MNMap-doton-Sandstone2005MNMap-doton-Sandstone
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sandstone5 historic placesA−Danforth Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFinlayson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDell Grove Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArlone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPartridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarry 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 Wikimedia Commons (6) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.