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History · Como Township

Como Township’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Como Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1952 on.

1902first post office
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How Como Township began

When was Como Township founded?

1902

The Como Township post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Como (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 44124 years
Founding year: the first Como Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Como Township’s past

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

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The story so far

Como Township, in brief

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

Como Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 52 at the 2000 census. Como Township was organized in 1900, and named after Como Lake in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 39 to 44 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Como Township, 1902 to 1952

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Como post office opens
  3. 1903Post officeThe Como post office closes
  4. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Como Township on the map in 1952

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Como Township.

Como Township on the 1952 USGS map1952Thief River Falls sheet · 1:250,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

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

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.

Cedar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThief Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuss TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Como Township’s history

What year was Como Township founded?

The Como Township post office opened in 1902, 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 and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.