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History · Ten Mile Lake Township

54% of Ten Mile Lake Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on.

0on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ten Mile Lake Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ten Mile Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ten Mile Lake Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Ten Mile Lake Township, in brief

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

Ten Mile Lake Township is a township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 195 at the 2000 census. Ten Mile Lake Township was organized in 1878, and named for a former lake which was named for its distance, ten miles (16 km) from a trading post.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 153 to 147 (-4%).

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

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On the map

Ten Mile Lake Township on the map, 1965 to 1986

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

Ten Mile Lake Township on the 1965 USGS mapTen Mile Lake Township on the 1986 USGS map1965Boyd 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 Ten Mile Lake Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ten Mile Lake Township

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

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Wayne BrabenderAmerican-Spanish basketball player · b. 1945
James Day HodgsonFormer U.S. Secretary of Labor; former U.S. Amb… · b. 1915
Jeff NordgaardAmerican basketball player · b. 1973
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
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Baxter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTyro TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLisbon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaxwell 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 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.