Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Timothy Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Timothy Township

Half of Timothy Township’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Timothy Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0

What stands out about Timothy 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 writtenNo old photos of Timothy Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Timothy Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Timothy Township, in brief

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

Timothy Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 169 at the 2020 census. The township may be named for its Timothy-grass.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 162 to 169 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Timothy Township, 1904 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Swanburg post office opens
  3. 1934Post officeThe Swanburg post office closes
  4. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Timothy Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Timothy Town Hall in Crow Wing County, MInnesota2021Timothy Town Hall in Crow Wing County, MInnesota
On the map

Timothy Township on the map in 1971

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Timothy Township.

Timothy Township on the 1971 USGS map1971Stewart Lake 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 Timothy Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Swanburg
Gone or out of use
Swanburg Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Timothy Township
Swanburg

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.

Ideal TownshipIts storyDBlind Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFifty LakesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGail Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManhattan BeachIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPonto Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Timothy Township’s history

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.