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History · Marindahl Township

55% of Marindahl Township’s homes were built before 1940

4 places in town are on the National Register.

4on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

4 historic places in Marindahl Township

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

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
John Sloan Homestead
John Sloan HomesteadMarindahl Post Office, built 1870Marindahl Township HallZion Lutheran Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular3
Gothic Vernacular1
All 4 listings
John Sloan HomesteadBuilding · listed 1980Marindahl Post OfficeBuilding · listed 1980Marindahl Township HallBuilding · listed 1980Zion Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 1980

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

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marindahl Township
PioneerTrondhjemZion Lutheran

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.

Star Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIrene1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalshtown Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurkey Valley Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVolin Township8 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Marindahl Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Marindahl Township?

4 listings: 4 buildings, among them the John Sloan Homestead (listed 1980, the first). 7 historic buildings in all.

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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 (4) 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.