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History · Crow Lake

Crow Lake’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Crow Lake. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Crow Lake Township is in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 318 at the 2010 census. Crow Lake Township was organized in 1868, and named after Crow Lake.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 318 to 350 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crow Lake 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crow Lake’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Crow Lake

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MSManny SteeleBelgrade · 4 miAAAnsgar Lorenzo AlmenNew London · 12 miHTHelmer T. ThompsonBrooten · 4 miJHJohn David HaalandNew London · 12 miJMJohn Joseph Martin MoserSpring Hill · 13 mi
By decade

Crow Lake, 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 Crow Lake is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crow Lake has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Christopher Borgerding House in Belgrade, 3.7 miles away.

Crow Lake and the nearest listed places

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Christopher Borgerding HouseUrjans Iverson HouseSibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic DistrictTerrace Mill Historic DistrictTerrace Historic DistrictMonson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources

Closest to Crow Lake

Christopher Borgerding HouseBelgrade · Built 19043.7miUrjans Iverson HouseGilchrist · Building8.6miSibley State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic DistrictLake Andrew · District9.1miTerrace Mill Historic DistrictChippewa Falls · Built 197912.6miTerrace Historic DistrictChippewa Falls · District12.6mi

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. Christopher Borgerding House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Crow Lake?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Crow Lake’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Belgrade📜 Brooten📜 Lake Johanna📜 Colfax
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