The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFine Lakes Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 114 at the 2020 census. State Highway 73 (MN 73) serves as a main route in the township. Other routes include Prairie Lake Road and Hingeley Road. The town was named after its "numerous little lakes" by its settlers.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 134 to 114 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fine Lakes 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 Fine Lakes’s history is told.
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Fine Lakes, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Fine Lakes is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fine Lakes has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic in Perch Lake, 12.4 miles away.
Fine Lakes and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.