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History · Lien Township

26% of Lien Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Walla Lutheran Church and the New Effington Rest Stop Tipi. Below: maps from 1917 on.

2on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lien 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 Lien Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lien Township, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 122 in 2010, 120 in 2020.

By decade

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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

Lien Township on the map, 1917 to 1972

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

Lien Township on the 1917 USGS mapLien Township on the 1972 USGS map1917New Effington sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lien Township.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Lien Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
Walla Lutheran Church
Walla Lutheran ChurchNew Effington Rest Stop Tipi
BuildingsObjects

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1
Late Gothic Revival1
Walla Lutheran ChurchLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals
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New Effington Rest Stop TipiObject · listed 2015

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
School Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 5schoolSchool Number 6school
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lien Township
BohemianFaith Garden of RestNew EffingtonThompsonWalla Church

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.

Victor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinnesota TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHart Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lien Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Lien Township?

Two places: the Walla Lutheran Church (listed 2004) and the New Effington Rest Stop Tipi (2015).

Memory lane

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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.