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History · Blaine Township

75% of Blaine Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the L.P. Nielson Barn. Its Register listing is the L.P. Nielson Barn.

1on the National Register
75%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Blaine Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
L.P. Nielson Barn
L.P. Nielson Barn
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Feeder Barn1
L.P. Nielson BarnFeeder Barn

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Callahan School Number 1schoolSwanson School Number 3school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blaine Township
FeistnerGermanSolberg

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.

Twin Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townViola TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElliott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Blaine Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Blaine Township?

One place: the L.P. Nielson Barn (listed 2004).

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

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.