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History · Blomkest

Blomkest’s post office opened in 1928, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on and the census since 1960.

1928first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Blomkest began

When was Blomkest founded?

1928

The Blomkest post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 171 in 19602020 census: 14598 years
Founding year: the first Blomkest post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blomkest’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 Blomkest are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 200 in 1980; 145 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Blomkest’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Blomkest’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blomkest’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Blomkest, census by census

01002001960198020002020Peak: 200

Peaked at 200 in 1980; 145 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Blomkest’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Blomkest, in brief

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

Blomkest ( BLUM-kest) is a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 145 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1928. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 157 to 145 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Blomkest, 1928 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1928Post officeThe Blomkest post office opens
  3. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 200
By decade

Blomkest, decade by decade

Today4 recent
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On the map

Blomkest on the map, 1965 to 1986

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

Blomkest on the 1965 USGS mapBlomkest on the 1986 USGS map1965Blomkest 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 Blomkest.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blomkest

Nobody well known was born in Blomkest itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kathleen WinsorAmerican author · b. 1919
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William A. MitchellAmerican food chemist · b. 1911
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Tom RuudAmerican football player · b. 1953
Paul F. HeardAmerican filmmaker · b. 1913
Andi StoryAmerican politician · b. 1959
Blix DonnellyAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Blomkest’s post office has been open since 1928.

Gone or out of use
Blomkestlocale

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

Questions about Blomkest’s history

What year was Blomkest founded?

The Blomkest post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.