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History · Sioux Agency Township

44% of Sioux Agency Township’s homes were built before 1940

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44%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sioux Agency 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 Sioux Agency Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sioux Agency Township’s homes were built before 1947.
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The story

How Sioux Agency Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sioux Agency Township.

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Sioux Agency Township was originally called Yellow Medicine Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1866. The present name, adopted in 1877, was given on account of the Sioux Indian agency being located there.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Sioux Agency Township

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

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Oscar LagerstromSound engineer · b. 1890
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Ruth HarkinAmerican politician *1944 · b. 1944
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Archibald BushAmerican businessman · b. 1887
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Arba J. PowersAmerican politician – Minnesota -- "A.J." House… · b. 1883
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Curt StrasheimAmerican football coach
Nathaniel John HolmbergAmerican politician – Minnesota -- "N.J., Nate"… · b. 1878
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hawk Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEcho TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwedes Forest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWood Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinnesota Falls 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 Wikidata (1), 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.