The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Thingvalla Township was organized in 1882, and, along with Gardar, Beaulieu and Akra Townships, was known as one of the "Icelandic Townships," due to the large population of Icelanders who had settled here. Thingvalla is named after Þingvellir in Iceland, the site of Iceland's first parliament (930–1789), and now home to a historical national park. Thingvalla roughly translates to "parliament meadows."
Thingvalla Township was a "double township," spanning two full survey townships. In 1886, the southern part of the township was organized separately as Gardar Township, named after Gardar Svavarsson, who was reportedly the first Scandinavian to visit Iceland.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Thingvalla’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Thingvalla is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Thingvalla has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vikur Lutheran Church at Mountain in Mountain, 1 miles away.
Thingvalla and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.