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History · Stony Brook Township

31% of Stony Brook Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Stony Brook Township’s past

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The story so far

Stony Brook Township, in brief

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Stony Brook Township is a township in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 164 at the 2000 census. Stony Brook Township was organized in 1877, and took its name from the Stony Brook creek.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 133 in 2010, 132 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Stony Brook Township, 1881 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Aastad post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Aastad post office closes
  5. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Stony Brook Township on the map, 1910 to 1973

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

Stony Brook Township on the 1910 USGS mapStony Brook Township on the 1973 USGS map1910Wendell 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 Stony Brook Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stony Brook Township

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

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Frank AlbertsonAmerican character actor · b. 1909
Marcus BorgAmerican Bible scholar · b. 1942
Cliff SterrettAmerican cartoonist · b. 1883
Bill LutherAmerican politician · b. 1945
Wynn RobertsAmerican biathlete · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Aastad Post Officepost officeSchool Number 12schoolSchool Number 29 WestschoolSchool Number 30schoolSwift Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stony Brook Township
Rock PrairieTrinity Lutheran

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pomme de Terre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLawrence TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElbow Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAastad 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 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.