Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1932 on, and the census since 1880.
Kellogg dates its founding to 1870 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1880.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kellogg’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Kellogg.
Kellogg was laid out in 1870, and named for a railroad sign maker A post office has been in operation at Kellogg since 1872. Kellogg was incorporated in 1877.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Kellogg, cut from the printed page as they were published.
and located it too far west. A number of dwellings were erected about the “Corners,” but the advent of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Chicago railroad, in 1871, drew people further east; and at the junction of that road with the Zum¬ bro was laid out the village of Kellogg, which entirely superseded Pauselim, the post office being removed thither and given the new name. A Methodist church, which had been built in Pauselim in 1863-64, was moved to the newer
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Kellogg Village had its beginning in 1870. The first building was erected m the fall of that year by John Huddleson. In 1871, Clement Brass built and opened a hotel, and in the fall John Mealey opened a blacksmith shop The coming of the railroad gave a great impetus to the village, and for several years, it was the shipping point of a large territory to the southwest. Some of this business was diverted in the late seventies with the building of the rail¬ road up the Zumbro Valley and south from Plainview.
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveBand concert in park. Kellogg, MinnesotaOne decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kellogg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kellogg.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Kellogg’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 221 and 456 people in every census since 1880.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kellogg’s Wikipedia page.
Kellogg’s post office has been open since 1872. Another post office, Pawselin, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1870, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Kellogg’s post office opened in 1862, and the census of 1880 counted 221 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (5), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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