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History · Funkley

Funkley’s post office opened in 1903, and 87% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 13 old photos and papers, maps from 1919 on, and the census since 1910.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
87%homes built before 1940
13old photos & papers
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From Funkley’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Funkley began

When was Funkley founded?

1903

The Funkley post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1904.

First census: 59 in 19102020 census: 18123 years
Founding year: the first Funkley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1904.The full story ↓

What stands out about Funkley’s past

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

Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 2010, then grew 3-fold.Old housesHalf of Funkley’s homes were built before 1938.A town in old photos13 old photos, postcards and papers, 1910–1937.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1971. Watch Funkley change.
★ What stands out · People over time

Funkley, census by census

019201940196019802000202060 in 1930Low: 5

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 2010, then grew 3-fold.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Funkley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Funkley.

Read it all →

Funkley was incorporated in 1904 at the site of a junction along the Minnesota and International Railway. The name comes from Henry Funkley, a county attorney.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Funkley, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1930s13 items
Funkley Depot Stationc. 1910Funkley Depot StationOld general store. Funkley, Minnesota1937Old general store. Funkley, MinnesotaInterior of general store. Funkley, Minnesota1937Interior of general store. Funkley, MinnesotaInterior of old saloon. Funkley, Minnesota1937Interior of old saloon. Funkley, MinnesotaInterior of grocery store. Funkley, Minnesota1937Interior of grocery store. Funkley, MinnesotaInterior of old saloon. Funkley, Minnesota1937Interior of old saloon. Funkley, MinnesotaOld hotel and saloon. Funkley, Minnesota1937Old hotel and saloon. Funkley, MinnesotaSign at entrance to Funkley, Minnesota1937Sign at entrance to Funkley, MinnesotaAbandoned store and hotel. Funkley, Minnesota1937Abandoned store and hotel. Funkley, MinnesotaResident of Funkley, Minnesota, reading newspaper in general store1937Resident of Funkley, Minnesota, reading newspaper in …Old barn and stock loading runway at Funkley, Minnesota1937Old barn and stock loading runway at Funkley, Minneso…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Interior of old saloon. Funkley, Minnesota1937Untitled photo, possibly related to: Interior of old …J. A. Fisher, storekeeper, postmaster and depot agent of Funkley, Minnesota, by stove of his own creation1937J. A. Fisher, storekeeper, postmaster and depot agent…
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Funkley, Minnesota Road Sign2012Funkley, Minnesota Road SignMNMap-doton-Funkley2005MNMap-doton-Funkley
Timeline

Funkley, 1903 to 1967

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Funkley post office opens
  3. 1910In the archiveFunkley Depot Station
  4. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 60
  6. 1937In the archiveOld general store. Funkley, Minnesota
  7. 1967Post officeThe Funkley post office closes
On the map

Funkley on the map, 1919 to 1971

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

Funkley on the 1919 USGS mapFunkley on the 1924 USGS mapFunkley on the 1971 USGS map1919Bridgie 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 Funkley.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Funkley Depot Station
Retake this viewFunkley Depot Station, c. 1910

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Funkley’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Funkley had its own post office from 1903 to 1967.

Funkley
1903–1967
19001960today
Gone or out of use
Funkley Post Officepost officeFunkley Stationlocale

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

Help out

Finish Funkley’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFunkley Depot Station: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hornet TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Funkley’s history

What year was Funkley founded?

The Funkley post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.

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 Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (12), 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.