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History · New Hartford Township

New Hartford Township’s post office opened in 1857, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on.

1857first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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How New Hartford Township began

When was New Hartford Township founded?

1857

The New Hartford Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, New Hartford (1857) and Nodine (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 811169 years
Founding year: the first New Hartford Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Hartford 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 New Hartford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s New Hartford Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start New Hartford Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Hartford Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

New Hartford
1857–1905
Nodine
1896–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
New HartfordNodine
Gone or out of use
New Hartford Post Officepost officeNodine Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside New Hartford Township
HilerLutheranWilson

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

The story so far

New Hartford Township, in brief

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

New Hartford is an unincorporated community in New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The Pine Creek (Mississippi River tributary) flows through New Hartford.

Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 890 to 811 (-9%).

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

Timeline

New Hartford Township, 1857 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe New Hartford post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Nodine post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe New Hartford post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Nodine post office closes
  7. 1956On 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

New Hartford Township on the map, 1956 to 1990

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

New Hartford Township on the 1956 USGS mapNew Hartford Township on the 1984 USGS mapNew Hartford Township on the 1990 USGS map1956La Crescent 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 New Hartford Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to New Hartford Township

Nobody well known was born in New Hartford Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joseph LoseyAmerican filmmaker and theatre director · b. 1909
Charles DierkopAmerican actor · b. 1936
Ford SterlingAmerican comedian · b. 1882
John TolandAmerican writer · b. 1912
William HauberActor · b. 1891
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Carlie HansonAmerican singer · b. 2000
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

DakotaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDresbach TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichmond TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa Crescent TownshipIts storyC

Questions about New Hartford Township’s history

What year was New Hartford Township founded?

The New Hartford Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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.