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History · McIntosh

McIntosh’s post office opened in 1884, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

1884first post office
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50%homes built before 1940
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How McIntosh began

When was McIntosh founded?

1884

The McIntosh post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 606142 years
Founding year: the first McIntosh post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about McIntosh’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of McIntosh are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of McIntosh’s homes were built before 1938.
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How McIntosh came to be

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When the "Thirteen Towns", 13 townships in Polk County, Minnesota, were opened for settlement in 1883, settlers homesteaded the region. King Township, which contained the village of McIntosh, was one of the 13. The village was named for Angus John (A.J.) McIntosh, a man of Scottish descent, who immigrated from French Canada to the United States in 1870. He lived most of his years on the White Earth Indian Reservation north of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The only census in which he was residing in King Township was the 1895 Minnesota State Census.

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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

McIntosh’s post office has been open since 1884.

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

Questions about McIntosh’s history

What year was McIntosh founded?

The McIntosh post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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, 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.