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History · Keewatin

Keewatin’s post office opened in 1906, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

1906first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Keewatin began

When was Keewatin founded?

1906

The Keewatin post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 984120 years
Founding year: the first Keewatin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Keewatin’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 Keewatin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Keewatin’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Keewatin’s history is told.

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The story so far

Keewatin, in brief

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

Keewatin ( kee-WAH-tin) is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 984 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in Keewatin. Students from the Keewatin area attend Nashwauk Keewatin High School.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,068 to 984 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Keewatin, 1906 to 1934

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Keewatin post office opens
  3. 1916Born hereVic Spadaccini is born here
  4. 1934Born hereGino Cappelletti is born here
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Keewatin

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Gino CappellettiAmerican football player · b. 1934
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Vic SpadacciniAmerican football player · b. 1916
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Keewatin’s post office has been open since 1906.

Hamlets and corners on the map
BennettOlson's Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Bennett MinemineCarlz MinemineKeewatinlocaleMississippi Number One MinemineSaint Paul MinemineSargent Minemine
1cemetery inside Keewatin
Keewatin

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.

Nashwauk TownshipIts storyCNashwaukIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHibbing11 historic placesA−

Questions about Keewatin’s history

What year was Keewatin founded?

The Keewatin post office opened in 1906, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.