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History · Sandy Township

Sandy Township’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Sandy Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1950 on.

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How Sandy Township began

When was Sandy Township founded?

1911

The Sandy Township post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Sandy (1911) and Brittmount (1919), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 338115 years
Founding year: the first Sandy Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sandy 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 Sandy Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sandy Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sandy Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sandy
1911–1927
Brittmount
1919–1950
Britt
1950–today
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Britt
Gone or out of use
Sandy Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Sandy Township
Sandy

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Sandy Township, in brief

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

Sandy Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 338 at the 2020 census. Saint Louis County Road 68, Rice River Road, and Hill Road are three of the main routes in the township. County 68 and Hill Road both run east–west through the township. Rice River Road runs north–south through the south–central portion of the township. Hulm Road passes through the northwest part of the township. Sandy Township is located within the unincorporated area of Britt.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 356 to 338 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Sandy Township, 1911 to 1950

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1911Post officeThe Sandy post office opens
  3. 1919Post officeThe Brittmount post office opens
  4. 1927Post officeThe Sandy post office closes
  5. 1950Post officeThe Brittmount post office closes
  6. 1950Post officeThe Britt post office opens
  7. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Sandy Township on the map, 1950 to 1985

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

Sandy Township on the 1950 USGS mapSandy Township on the 1969 USGS mapSandy Township on the 1985 USGS map1950Biwabik NW 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 Sandy Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wuori TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPike Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sandy Township’s history

What year was Sandy Township founded?

The Sandy Township post office opened in 1911, 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 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.