WELCOME TO AMADOR TOWNSHIP
Gateway to Wild River State Park…

Welcome to Almelund and Amador Township.  Please stop by this website often for more information about
Almelund and Amador Township.  This web seeks to acquaint with our area and to provide you with information
about township committees and organizations which offer citizens the opportunity to become involved in shaping
the quality of life in our community.  Almelund is one of the busiest small towns in Minnesota! 
Join us at a local event!
 

Shop Locally!  "Click Here" for a publication that will help you support local businesses.  
Can you donate to Amador Township organizations?  "Click Here" for a form.  Your donations benefit
Amador Township organizations and help our community!

A 800 MHz cell communication tower has been installed on township property behind the new Amador Fire Station.

ROAD MAINTENANCE

- For safety reasons, please slow down on gravel township roads.  The speed you travel affects washboard areas and potholes.  The slower you travel, the less damage to the roadway, and the safer our roadways are for you and others.

- If you know of an area of roadway that you consider to be a problem, please call Gene at 651-583-2229.  We will place a
barricade around any areas that we consider unsafe.

- Approximately three miles of township roadway will be graveled during the summer months, along with the application of
chloride on several roads.

COUNTY/STATE HIGHWAY UPDATE!
The bridge on County Road 81 in Amador Township will be replaced this year.  This is north of Wild Mountain Road.
U.S. Highway #8:  The reconfiguration of Highway #8 will start in the next few weeks.

                                 Road work between Center City and Taylors Falls. 
U.S. Highway #8 bridge over the St. Croix River - one into Wisconsin and one lane back to Minnesota.
                                Trucks must travel through Osceola until bridge work is completed.  More information may be on the  

                                Wisconsin Department of Transportation website.  They are taking the lead on this project.  No

                                roadwork on State Highway 95 from Taylors Falls east this summer.  This has been postponed until

                                2012.

NOTE:  The May Amador Township meeting will be held on May 8th instead of May 15th at the Amador Town
Hall in Almelund. 

UPCOMING EVENTS . . .
April 23, 2012, 6 p.m. at the Amador Town Hall

Board of Adjustment & Equalization Meeting, Chisago County Assessor & Amador Town Board
Open to the public

May 11, 12, & 13, 2012
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour - www.minnesotapotters.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 

Recycling by Amador Township Building on Maple Lane, 4 - 8 p.m.

June 1, July 6 and August 3rd / 5 p.m. until ?

Almelund Night on the Town - music in the park, special events, farmers market, museum open.
Old Time Movies in the Log Barn Cinema (behind the museum)  Free!  Great family entertainment!

June, July, August 2012
Amador Heritage Center Museum open each Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.

Local history displays!  Could you volunteer a Sunday afternoon?

June 9, 2012

Seegwan, Celebration of Spring, Wild River State Park; an entire day of events.

June 24, 2012

Immanuel Lutheran Church 125th Anniversary Celebration

September 16, 2012

Almelund Apple Festival, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m./Volunteers are needed for event planning.  Get Involved!

CURRENT LOCAL NEWS -
Amador-Sunrise Land Registry is a free local program limited to landowners in Amador and Sunrise Townships. 
If you would like additional information, please download more data here.
 

Wild River State Park has a wide variety of programs from hiking to photography and lots more! Here is their
three month calendar!  Copy this link into your browser.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/3month.html?jsp=/templates/listing.jsp&k=SPK00254&nd=90&o=startdate

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Almelund Lions - 3rd Monday of every month at the Almelund Town Hall / Open to new members!
Almelund All Stars 4H - 2nd Monday of every month, Almelund Town Hall / Open to new members!
Almelund Fire & Rescue - Call Amador Township Supervisors for more information.
Amador Heritage Center - Contact Lin @ 651-583-2883 for information

LOCAL CONTACTS

Enter our 2012 Amador Photo Contest!  Scenery & Buildings
Anyone can enter - photo's must be taken in Amador Township.  8 x 10 framed photo's must be submitted to any
township officer before September 16, 2011.  Judging will be done at the Apple Festival in 2012.  Get your entire family involved!  Two categories - 15 and under and 16 and over.  All photographs become the property of Amador
Township.

Almelund is located at the intersection of State Highway #95 and CSAH #12.  We are approximately 45 miles
north of Minneapolis and St. Paul.  Amador Township is part of Chisago County with a 2010 population of
885 people with 311 households in the township.

• TOWNSHIP ZONING AUTHORITY:  Chisago County Environmental Services Department http://www.co.chisago.mn.us/category.aspx?Id=a42c83a6-1aef-4d79-9fba-bfa8d5de82ab