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History · Lake Hendricks Township

1 of Lake Hendricks Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Singsaas Lutheran Church. Most of Lake Hendricks Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1967 on.

1on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Hendricks 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 Lake Hendricks Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lake Hendricks Township, in brief

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

Lake Hendricks is a lake in the U.S. states of Minnesota and South Dakota. Lake Hendricks was named in about 1857 for Indiana governor and Vice President of the United States, Thomas A. Hendricks.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 189 to 239 (+26%).

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

Timeline

Lake Hendricks Township, 1876 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Prairie Farm post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Prairie Farm post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Lake Hendricks Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Lake Hendricks Township on the 1967 USGS mapLake Hendricks Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Lake Benton NW 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 Lake Hendricks Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lake Hendricks Township

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
2003
Singsaas Lutheran Church
Singsaas Lutheran Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Gothic Revival1
Singsaas Lutheran ChurchLate Gothic Revival

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Hendricks Township

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

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Harold LovreAmerican politician · b. 1904
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William L. McKnightAmerican businessman and philanthropist · b. 1887
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Ivan HinderakerAmerican academic administrator · b. 1916
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T. Loren ChristiansonAmerican politician · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Prairie Farmlocale
1cemetery inside Lake Hendricks Township
Trulock

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.

Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOak Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScandinavia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lake Hendricks Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Lake Hendricks Township?

One place: the Singsaas Lutheran Church (listed 2003).

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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), 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.