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History · Carimona Township

Carimona Township’s post office opened in 1855, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the William Strong House. Below: maps from 1965 on.

1855first post office
1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Carimona Township began

When was Carimona Township founded?

1855

The Carimona Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Warpeton (1854), Waukokee (1854) and Carimona (1855), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 285171 years
Founding year: the first Carimona Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Carimona 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 Carimona Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Carimona Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Carimona Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carimona Township’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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Warpeton
1854–1855
Waukokee
1854–1872
Carimona
1855–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Carimona
Gone or out of use
Carimona Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Carimona Township
CarimonaDuffSaint LiguoriWaukokee

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

The story so far

Carimona Township, in brief

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

Carimona Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 272 at the 2000 census. Carimona Township was organized in 1858, and named after Chief Carimona (Walking Turtle) of the Winnebago Indians.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 296 to 285 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Carimona Township, 1854 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Warpeton post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe Waukokee post office opens
  4. 1855Post officeThe Warpeton post office closes
  5. 1855Post officeThe Carimona post office opens
  6. 1872Post officeThe Waukokee post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1902Post officeThe Carimona post office closes
  9. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Carimona Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

Carimona Township on the 1965 USGS mapCarimona Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Fountain 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 Carimona Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Carimona Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
William Strong House
William Strong House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
All 1 listings
William Strong HouseBuilding · listed 1982

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Carimona Township

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

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Arthur B. LanglieAmerican politician · b. 1900
Edwin Vincent O'HaraCatholic archbishop · b. 1881
Malcolm WilliamsActor, Composer · b. 1870
Edward Everett SmithAmerican politician · b. 1861
George A. BillingsAmerican actor · b. 1870
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Henrietta Melia LarsonAmerican historian, 1894-1983 · b. 1894
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fountain Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston4 historic placesA−Forestville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBristol TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Carimona Township’s history

What year was Carimona Township founded?

The Carimona Township post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Carimona Township?

One place: the William Strong House (listed 1982).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.