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History · Twin Lakes Township

Half of Twin Lakes Township’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Twin Lakes Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Twin Lakes Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Twin Lakes Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

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

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

Naytahwaush
1907–today
Mahkonce
1924–1930
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MahkonceNaytahwaushRoy Lake
Gone or out of use
Mahkonce Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Twin Lakes Township
IndianSamuel Memorial

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

The story

How Twin Lakes Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Twin Lakes Township.

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Twin Lakes Township was named for a pair of lakes within its borders.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Twin Lakes Township, 1907 to 1969

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Naytahwaush post office opens
  3. 1924Post officeThe Mahkonce post office opens
  4. 1930Post officeThe Mahkonce post office closes
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Twin Lakes Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Twin Lakes Township on the 1969 USGS mapTwin Lakes Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Roy 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 Twin Lakes Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Twin Lakes Township

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

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Steve KnutsonAmerican football player · b. 1951
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Nicholas SpaethAmerican politician · b. 1950
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Clover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLittle Elbow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Garde TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Roy LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoy LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Twin Lakes Township’s history

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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 Wikipedia, 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.