Fish Lake Township i Chisago county i Minnesota i USA

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Länk: Fish Lake Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, https://www.fishlaketownship.org/
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Fish Lake Township organized in 1868, having formerly been a part of Sunrise, is named for its lake in section 25 and the outflowing creek, both of which are translated from their Ojibwe names. The village of Fish Lake was located in the township about 1868.

STARK, a small village in section 26, of Fish Lake Township, was named in honor of Lars Johan Stark, who was the first postmaster there. He was born in Westergotland, Sweden, July 29, 1826, and died in Harris, Minn., May 5, 1910. He came to the United States in 1850 and settled at Chisago Lake, Minn., engaged in mercantile business and farming, and was a representative in the state legislature in 1865 and 1875. His son, Edward W. Stark, born in Fish Lake Township, December 5, 1869, was a merchant at Harris, 1890-1905; was a representative in the legislature in 1901-3, and was a judge of probate for this county after 1905. The village had a post office, 1868-1904.

It took its name from Fish Lake.