1 of Corinna Township’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 40% of U.S. towns · #131 of 273 in Minnesota. What drives it
Its Register listing is the St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel. Most of Corinna Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1951 on.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Corinna Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #131 of 273 in Minnesota. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Corinna Township’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Corinna Township’s 3.9 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.0 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Corinna Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Corinna Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Corinna Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,457 at the 2000 census. Corinna Township was organized in 1858, and named after Corinna, Maine. The 1871 St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel in Corinna Township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,322 to 2,540 (+9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Corinna Township, 1867 to 1951
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Corinna Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1951Annandale sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Corinna Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Corinna Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Corinna Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #131 of 273 in Minnesota. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Corinna Township?
One place: the St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel (listed 1979).
How old are the homes in Corinna Township?
6% of Corinna Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.0 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From Wikidata (1), 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.
