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History · Comstock

Comstock’s post office opened in 1890, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Comstock Public School. Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 1930.

1890first post office
1on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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How Comstock began

When was Comstock founded?

1890

The Comstock post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 157 in 19302020 census: 100136 years
Founding year: the first Comstock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Comstock’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 Comstock are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch Comstock change.Old housesHalf of Comstock’s homes were built before 1943.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Comstock’s history is told.

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On the map

Comstock on the map, 1895 to 1985

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

Comstock on the 1895 USGS mapComstock on the 1964 USGS mapComstock on the 1985 USGS map1895Fargo sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Comstock came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Comstock.

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A post office called Comstock has been in operation since 1890. The city was named for Solomon Comstock, a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Comstock, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Comstock, Minnesota March 1st, 20182018Comstock, Minnesota March 1st, 2018MNMap-doton-Comstock2005MNMap-doton-Comstock
On the National Register

1 historic place in Comstock

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Comstock Public School
Comstock Public School
Buildings
Comstock Public SchoolBuilding

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

People over time

Comstock, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 157

Between 93 and 157 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Questions about Comstock’s history

What year was Comstock founded?

The Comstock post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Comstock?

One place: the Comstock Public School (listed 1980).

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 (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.