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History · Amo Township

Amo Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Amo Township began

When was Amo Township founded?

1873

The Amo Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Amo (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 121153 years
Founding year: the first Amo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Amo Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Amo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Amo Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amo Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Amo Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amo Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Amo Township is a township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 132 at the 2010 census. Amo Township was organized in 1873. The name Amo is derived from Latin, meaning "I love".

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 132 to 121 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Amo Township, 1873 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Amo post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Amo post office closes
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Amo Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amo Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Amo Township on the 1970 USGS mapAmo Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Heron Lake NE sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amo Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Amo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Amo Township
AmoUnited Amo

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Storden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpringfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Amo Township’s history

What year was Amo Township founded?

The Amo Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.