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History · Stanchfield Township

Stanchfield Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1961 on.

1870first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Stanchfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Stanchfield Township began

When was Stanchfield Township founded?

1870

The Stanchfield Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Andree (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,168156 years

How historic is Stanchfield Township?

B−

More historic than 48% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Stanchfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Stanchfield Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Stanchfield Township is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Stanchfield Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1870, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194029.6% of homes (±8.7) · typical MN town 8.1% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical MN town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 48%
NewerOlder

Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Stanchfield Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Stanchfield 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Then and nowOne place photographed years apart. Drag to compare.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Stanchfield Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Stanchfield Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stanchfield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSwedish Mission Church of South Maple R…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Then & now

The same spot, 100 years apart

Drag across each photo to compare.

Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka)Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge, Stanchfield, MN Circa 191019102010
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge, Stanchfield, MN Circa 1910Matched from the two captions
Places that used to be

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

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

Stanchfield
1870–today
Andree
1898–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AndreeStanchfieldStanchfield Corner
Gone or out of use
Andree Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stanchfield Township
Elm ParkRice LakeStanchfield Baptist

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

The story so far

Stanchfield Township, in brief

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

Stanchfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 103. Isanti County Roads 3 and 36 and State Highway 65 (MN 65) are three of the main routes in the community. The community is between Cambridge and Braham. Grandy is nearby. Trollin and Section lakes are nearby.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,209 to 1,168 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Stanchfield Township, 1870 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Stanchfield post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Andree post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Andree post office closes
  6. 1910In the archiveSwedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge, Stanchfield, MN Circa 1910
  7. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Stanchfield Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge, Stanchfield, MN Circa 19101910Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge, Stanchfi…
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today10 recent
Town hall2025Town hallTown hall and playground2025Town hall and playgroundPost Office2025Post OfficeMulti-textured building, Stanchfield, Minnesota-022025Multi-textured building, Stanchfield, Minnesota-02Multi-textured building, Stanchfield, Minnesota-012025Multi-textured building, Stanchfield, Minnesota-01Former school building now apartments2025Former school building now apartmentsBuildings on Stanchfield Road NE2025Buildings on Stanchfield Road NEBar in2025Bar inStanchfield Township within Isanti County2024Stanchfield Township within Isanti CountySwedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka)2010Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska …
On the map

Stanchfield Township on the map, 1961 to 1991

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

Stanchfield Township on the 1961 USGS mapStanchfield Township on the 1983 USGS mapStanchfield Township on the 1991 USGS map1961Cambridge sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stanchfield Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stanchfield Township

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

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R
Ruth DucciniAmerican actress · b. 1918
Gladys NordenstromAmerican composer · b. 1924
L
Lonnie HammargrenNevada neurosurgeon, politician, and collector · b. 1937
Noah DahlmanAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
C
Clayton TonnemakerAmerican football player · b. 1928
Dan SeversonAmerican politician · b. 1954
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Braham1 historic placeBCambridge Township1 historic placeBGrass Lake TownshipIts storyC+Maple Ridge Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNessel TownshipIts storyC−Brunswick TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Stanchfield Township’s history

What year was Stanchfield Township founded?

The Stanchfield Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Stanchfield Township rank for history?

Stanchfield Township is more historic than 48% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Stanchfield Township?

30% of Stanchfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.7 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1977.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (11), 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.