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History · Medo Township

Medo Township’s post office opened in 1866, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1866first post office
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43%homes built before 1940
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How Medo Township began

When was Medo Township founded?

1866

The Medo Township post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Medo (1866), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 321160 years
Founding year: the first Medo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Medo Township’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 Medo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Medo Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Medo Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Medo Township, in brief

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

Medo Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 374 as of the 2000 census.

Its first post office opened in 1866. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 364 to 321 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Medo Township, 1866 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1866Post officeThe Medo post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Medo post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Medo Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Medo Township on the 1967 USGS mapMedo Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Mapleton NE sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Medo Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Medo, opened and closed inside today’s town.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Medo Township
MedoMedo CenterMedo-McPherson

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.

Danville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreedom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeauford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcPherson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Medo Township’s history

What year was Medo Township founded?

The Medo Township post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.