History
Lynden township was comprised of T121R27[?] , T122R27, and the south half of T123R27 the parts of those three that lies west and north of the Mississippi and Clearwater Rivers. This was the area as of the redefining resolution of 4 May 1859 and is the same today. Earlier it had been in whole or in part of Corning and Clearwater and St. Cloud townships. Early settlers were T. C. Porter, John Townsend, Joseph Townsend, Peter Townsend (3 brothers), W. T. Rigby, G. B. Benson, William McDonald, John McDonald, Jonathaan Dallas, William Dallas, M. D. Cambell, his brother James Cambell, Abel Kent, J. W. Stevenson, George T. Cambell, Simon Stevens, John H. Stevenson, S. A. Clifford, W. D. Davis, Truman Parcher, L. C. Johnson, Martin Johnson, Stephen Oyster, E. G. Mathews, George E. Warner, T. Heaton, A. C. Powers, B. T. Lyons, Charles Dally, Joseph Pratt, and ___ McConney. The area is closely associated with Clearwater village which is mostly in Wright County though a part is in Stearns.
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