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History · Spring Hill Township

44% of Spring Hill Township’s homes were built before 1940

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Spring Hill Township, in brief

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Spring Hill is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spring Hill had a population of 68. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. Minnesota State Highway 4 serves as a main route in the community.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 368 to 337 (-8%).

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What they wrote about Spring Hill Township in 1915

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Spring Hill Township. The first school in this township was taught in the summer of 1867 by Henry Duerr in a frame schoolhouse on section 27, about one mile east of the village of Spring Hill. This was in District Number 21, which had been organized the previous year. Some years later the old schoo…
History of Stearns County, Minnesota1915 · page 1398Read the page →
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Spring Hill Township. The first school in this township was taught in the summer of 1867 by Henry Duerr in a frame schoolhouse on section 27, about one mile east of the village of Spring Hill. This was in District Number 21, which had been organized the previous year. Some years later the old schoolhouse was moved

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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Lake George TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Martin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Henry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 →

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