The Acoma Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Acoma (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 93 in 18602020 census: 1,130134 years
How historic is Acoma Township?
C
More historic than 32% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Acoma Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Acoma Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Acoma Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Acoma Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Acoma Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Acoma Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Acoma Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Acoma Township ( AK-ə-mə) is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,130 at the 2020 census. Acoma Township was named after the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico.
Its first post office opened in 1892. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,149 in 2010, 1,130 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Acoma Township, 1892 to 1958
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Acoma Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1958Hutchinson sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Acoma Township.
People over time
Acoma Township, census by census
Between 93 and 1,185 people in every census since 1860.
17 censuses, 1860–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Acoma Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Acoma Township
Nobody well known was born in Acoma Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Acoma Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Acoma Township rank for history?
Acoma Township is more historic than 32% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Acoma Township?
14% of Acoma Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.7 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1986.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
