Collinwood Township

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Collinwood Township is a township in Meeker County , Minnesota .

geography

The township is south of Dassel . According to the United States Census Bureau , the area is 93 km², of which 13 km² is water. Minnesota State Route 15 runs through the township and leads to the nearest towns of Dassel and Hutchinson . Pigeon Lake , one of the still waters in this township, is also on this road .

history

In 1866 a blacksmith named Steele settled here and named the place New Virginia . In 1870 it was renamed Collinwood after the lake of the same name.

In 2000 there were 1037 inhabitants here.

Steelesville

Steelesville Cemetery sign

Part of the township is also an area called Steelesville. The name is connected on the one hand with the local school district , which was formed by the local single-class school, and on the other hand with the Steelesville cemetery. The Steelesville Cemetery belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church Congregation Dassel and has been run by a non-profit organization since 1970.

Agricultural immigrants from Sweden settled here in the 1860s . In 1873 they organized an Evangelical Church in Steelesville. They also received a piece of land as a gift. In 1877 a small church was placed there. In 1878 a new church was built in Dassel. Although the parish now belonged to Dassel, it was agreed to keep the Steeleville cemetery. The remaining small church in Steelesville was sold to a farmer in 1908 and then used as a barn.

Culture and sights

Collinwood Town Hall

The Town Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places . This is the former one-class school from Steelesville. It is a wooden building from the 19th century.

The Pioneer Country Church, a church built in 1893, is also made of wood.

Web links

Commons : Collinwood Township  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Warren Upham: Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. 1920. p. 338.
  2. ↑ Jubilee Album of Gethsemane and Swan Lake Lutheran Churches of Dassel, Minn. 1873-1923. Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern. 1923.
  3. ^ Oscar E. Lindquist: (1943). Those Were the Days (Revised ed.). Dassel, Minnesota: Dassel Dispatch.
  4. ^ Doug Ohman, Jon Hassler: Churches of Minnesota, 2006, p. 50

Coordinates: 45 ° 1 ′  N , 94 ° 19 ′  W