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Candor’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Candor Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 621 at the 2020 census. Candor Township was organized in 1880.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 561 to 621 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Candor yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Dave ReichertDave ReichertDetroit Lakes · 9 miBTBud TingelstadFrazee · 8 miGabriele GrunewaldGabriele GrunewaldPerham · 14 miAdam ThielenAdam ThielenDetroit Lakes · 9 miRTRay TaylorPerham · 14 miAdolph HersethAdolph HersethLake Park · 16 mi
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Candor, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Candor is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Candor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edgewater Beach Cottages in Detroit Lakes, 8.9 miles away.

Candor and the nearest listed places

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Edgewater Beach CottagesDetroit Lakes City ParkHomer E. Sargent HouseDetroit Lakes Carnegie LibraryPeople's Union ChurchHolmes Block

Closest to Candor

Edgewater Beach CottagesDetroit Lakes · Building8.9miDetroit Lakes City ParkDetroit Lakes · Site9miHomer E. Sargent HouseDetroit Lakes · Building9.6miDetroit Lakes Carnegie LibraryDetroit Lakes · Built 19139.7miPeople's Union ChurchScambler · Building9.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Edgewater Beach Cottages’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Candor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Candor’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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