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History · Nininger Township

Nininger Township’s post office opened in 1856

Most of Nininger Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976.

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How Nininger Township began

When was Nininger Township founded?

1856

The Nininger Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1857. Another post office, Nininger (1856), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 865170 years
Founding year: the first Nininger Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1857.The full story ↓

What stands out about Nininger Township’s past

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How Nininger Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Nininger Township.

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The city of Nininger was founded and named by John Nininger, brother in-law of territorial and state Governor Alexander Ramsey. Nininger incorporated during the winter of 1857 or 1858. Nininger had high hopes for his namesake city to become state capital, and indeed its population did reach nearly 1,000 by the spring of 1858. The city did not flourish, however, and its post office was discontinued in 1889 after 33 years of operation. Today little trace of the original city remains, although two plaques describe Good Templars Hall and Ignatius L. Donnelly's home.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Nininger Township

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

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Seann William ScottAmerican actor · b. 1976
Derek StepanAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1990
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Justin FaulkAmerican ice hockey defenseman · b. 1992
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Mark Steven JohnsonAmerican film director and writer · b. 1964
Michelle FischbachAmerican politician · b. 1965
Harold Stassen25th Governor of Minnesota · b. 1907
Places that used to be

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

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

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NiningerSedil
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Nininger Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nininger Township
OakwoodRose HillSpring Lake

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.

Hastings16 historic placesBCottage Grove3 historic placesCRosemountIts storyC−Denmark Township1 historic placeB−Vermillion TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Nininger Township’s history

What year was Nininger Township founded?

The Nininger Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1857.

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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 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.