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History · Revere

Revere dates to 1886, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Revere Fire Hall. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.

1886founded
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Revere began, and where its name came from

When was Revere founded?

1886

Revere dates its founding to 1886 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 134 in 19102020 census: 89140 years

How did Revere get its name?

Revere was named after Paul Revere, a patriot in the American Revolution.

Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1893. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Revere’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Revere’s history is told.

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People over time

Revere, census by census

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Peaked at 201 in 1960; 89 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Revere’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Revere came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Revere.

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Revere was platted in 1886. It was named after Paul Revere, a patriot in the American Revolution. Revere was organized in 1900.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Revere in 1916

Passages that mention Revere, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Revere was platted in 1886 and incorporated in 1899-1900. The village had its start when the railroad put into use two box cars, one as a station and the other as a freight house. About 1899 Bingham Brothers built a flat house for the storing of grain.
The history of Redwood County, Minnesota1916 · page 534Read the page →
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Revere was platted in 1886 and incorporated in 1899-1900. The village had its start when the railroad put into use two box cars, one as a station and the other as a freight house. About 1899 Bingham Brothers built a flat house for the storing of grain.

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District 26. Originally organized in 1875, is in the southeast part of North Hero and the western part of Lamberton. The schoolhouse, a two-room building erected in 1899, is located in the village of Revere. They have a fine playground and many beautiful trees. The water is supplied by an artesian …
The history of Redwood County, Minnesota1916 · page 251Read the page →
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District 26. Originally organized in 1875, is in the southeast part of North Hero and the western part of Lamberton. The schoolhouse, a two-room building erected in 1899, is located in the village of Revere. They have a fine playground and many beautiful trees. The water is supplied by an artesian well. District 27. Originally organized in 1875, is in the southwest part of Sundown township. The schoolhouse, called the "Sundown" school and erected in 1913, is in the central part of section

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Revere, 1886 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886
    FoundingRevere is established
  3. 1893Post officeThe Revere post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900BuiltRevere Fire Hall is built
  6. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 201
  7. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Revere on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Revere on the 1967 USGS mapRevere on the 1986 USGS map1967Lamberton 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 Revere.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Revere

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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first listed
1980
Revere Fire Hall

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Questions about Revere’s history

What year was Revere founded?

In 1886, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Revere’s post office opened in 1893, and the census of 1910 counted 134 people here.

What is on the National Register in Revere?

One place: the Revere Fire Hall (listed 1980).

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Sources

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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.