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History · Wykeham Township

Wykeham Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Wykeham Township began

When was Wykeham Township founded?

1880

The Wykeham Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wykeham (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 405146 years
Founding year: the first Wykeham Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wykeham Township’s past

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The story so far

Wykeham Township, in brief

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

Wykeham Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. Wykeham Township was originally called Eden Township and was organized in 1880 under the latter name. The township's name has its origins in England. Several post offices were briefly located in the township.

Its first post office opened in 1880. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 409 in 2010, 405 in 2020.

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Wykeham Township

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

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Karen L. NybergAmerican astronaut · b. 1969
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Elizabeth ColsonUS social anthropologist · b. 1917
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LaVyrle SpencerAmerican writer · b. 1943
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Gail T. KulickAmerican politician · b. 1959
Jack D. ShanstromUnited States Senior District Judge · b. 1932
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Jeanne Murray WalkerAmerican poet · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Wykeham Township
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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.

Eagle Bend1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurleene TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBertha TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastern TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wykeham Township’s history

What year was Wykeham Township founded?

The Wykeham Township post office opened in 1880, 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 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.