Main highways include: Organization of Graham Lakes Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on April 11, 1871.

These lakes were first noted on Joseph Nicollet's 1842 map based upon his explorations of the late 1830s and early 1840s.

Graham served as a commissioner for the survey of the northeast segment of the boundary between the United States and Canada from 1840 until 1843.

There he built a log structure from timber growing near the lake, the first house of wood in the county.

[5][6] When a route for the St. Paul and Sioux City Railway was surveyed in 1871, it was located far south of the Graham Lakes region.

No towns or villages existed in Graham Lakes Township until 1879 when Kinbrae and Dundee were established.

Graham Lakes Township is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Mankato educator Tim Walz, a Democrat.

Graham Lakes Township is represented by Nobles County Commissioner Justin Ahlers.