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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Edwards Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 304 at the 2000 census. Edwards Township was organized in 1871, and named for S. S. Edwards, an early settler.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 242 people in 2010, 245 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1956.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edwards 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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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 Edwards is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edwards has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is District No. 55 School in Whitefield, 6.6 miles away.

Edwards and the nearest listed places

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District No. 55 SchoolWillmar Municipal AirportWillmar AuditoriumLarson, A., & Co. BuildingWillmar Tribune BuildingLakeland Hotel

Closest to Edwards

District No. 55 SchoolWhitefield · Building6.6miWillmar Municipal AirportWillmar · Site8.1miWillmar AuditoriumWillmar · Building9.2miLarson, A., & Co. BuildingWillmar · Building9.2miWillmar Tribune BuildingWillmar · Building9.3mi

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. District No. 55 School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Edwards?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Edwards’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

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nearby towns’ history
📜 Raymond📜 Holland📜 St. Johns📜 Whitefield
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