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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Grong Lutheran Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 10240 Highway 32 South, Rollag, Parke Township, 56549
- When was it listed? February 2026
- Category. building
- Township. Parke township
- National Register reference number. 100012688 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Grong Lutheran Church between 1994 and 2015, burning about 374 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | ROLLOG SOUTH |
| 13 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 315 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 November 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grong Lutheran Church: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clay County Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoyum S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Most Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| District No. 3 School | 1.0 miles | 2023 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012688 in Record Group 79. |
| Clay County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.