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From Wikipedia’s history of Conger.
A post office called Conger has been in operation since 1901. Conger was named by railroad officials.
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Conger’s post office opened in 1901, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1940.
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How Conger began
When was Conger founded?
1901
The Conger post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 131 in 19402020 census: 153125 years
Founding year: the first Conger post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Conger’s past
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Start Conger’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conger’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.People over time
Conger, census by census
Peaked at 215 in 1960; 153 people lived here in 2020.
9 censuses, 1940–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Conger’s Wikipedia page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Conger in 1911
Passages that mention Conger, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Freeborn County, Minnesota1911 · page 232Read the page →
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Conger. This postoffice, which is located in the township of Alden, was established in the early nineties, and Peter Flesah was appointed postmaster. He was succeeded by Martin Sprenger, who is serving in this capacity at the present time.
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History of Freeborn County, Minnesota1911 · page 810Read the page →
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months, after which he went into business with F. E. Yost in the village of Conger. Some time later his brother bought out Mr. Yost 's interest in the firm and the concern became Sprenger Brothers. Two years after this his brother sold his share in the business to Christ Bangert, but eventually Mr. Sprenger bought the entire stock, and is now the sole owner and pro¬ prietor of the store. He carries a large assortment of dry goods and groceries and aims to give to all his customers satisfaction.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Conger, 1901 to 1960
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
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Conger on the map, 1955 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Conger. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1955Wells sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Conger.
Places that used to be
Places now gone and burying grounds
Conger’s post office has been open since 1901.
Gone or out of use
Congerlocale
1cemetery inside Conger
Conger Community
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.
Questions about Conger’s history
What year was Conger founded?
The Conger post office opened in 1901, 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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Sources
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.