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Mission Township is located in the heart of the Minnesota Lakes
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| Mission Township History Prior to settlement, much of the area of Crow Wing County, including the land which is now known as Mission Township, was inhabited by the Ojibwe. One of the earliest settlers of Mission Township came to the area in June of 1857. In that year, Reverend Ottmar Cloetter, who was a pastor of a Missouri Synod Lutheran congregation at Saginaw Michigan, was called by his congregation to the Indian Mission in Minnesota. Cloetter expanded this Mission by building a residence, and had planned to build a school just prior to the uprising of 1862, however in the uprising his residence was destroyed and, as a result, the school he had planned was never built. Mission Township received its name due to these series of events. |
Recycling is now
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 Mission
Township was organized as a Township in 1912 and prior to that time
existed as unorganized territory. The settling of Mission Township
was much like many of the other areas surrounding the Township which
was spurred by logging, trapping, and other early economic endeavors.
In the mid-Twentieth Century, Mission Township began to develop
along many of its shorelines while much of the development withinthe
Township remained predominately as large-tract rural developments.
This shoreline development included mostly small cabins and recreational
or seasonal homes through later in the Century. Beginning around
1990, Mission Township began experiencing tremendous growth in the
number of permanent residents which also brought a conversion of
small cabins and recreational dwellings to large year-round homes.
This trend is continuing today. |
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Mission Park Tennis Information:
Click here to go to the Park & Rec page.
Click here for Recycling Information!
Who to notify if there is a problem:
Emergency: 9-1-1
Crow Wing County Non-Emergency Phone Number: 218-829-4749
Crosslake Police Department
218-692-2222
