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History · Stony Run Township

Stony Run Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Stony Run Township began

When was Stony Run Township founded?

1873

The Stony Run Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Stony Run (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 408153 years
Founding year: the first Stony Run Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stony Run Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Stony Run Township, in brief

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

Stony Run Township is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 544 at the 2000 census. Stony Run Township was organized in 1871, and named after Stony Run Creek.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 432 to 408 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Stony Run Township, 1873 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Stony Run post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Stony Run post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Stony Run Township on the map, 1965 to 1986

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

Stony Run Township on the 1965 USGS mapStony Run Township on the 1986 USGS map1965Hazel Run 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 Stony Run Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stony Run Township

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

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Wayne BrabenderAmerican-Spanish basketball player · b. 1945
David MingeAmerican politician · b. 1942
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Larry ColePlayer of American football · b. 1946
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Harland SvareAmerican football player and coach · b. 1930
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Leo Hale TaylorAmerican Catholic priest · b. 1889
Hal EricksonAmerican football player and coach · b. 1898
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Yellow Medicine Quarrymine
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stony Run Township
BergenCamp ReleaseSaint Pauls

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.

Sparta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranite Falls Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranite Falls2 historic placesBMontevideo4 historic placesB+Camp Release Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLisbon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHazel Run 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

Questions about Stony Run Township’s history

What year was Stony Run Township founded?

The Stony Run Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.