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History · Richmond Township

Richmond Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Richmond Township began

When was Richmond Township founded?

1856

The Richmond Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Richmond (1856) and Lamoille (1858), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 636170 years
Founding year: the first Richmond Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Richmond
1856–1905
Lamoille
1858–1975
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DonehowerLamoille
Gone or out of use
LamoillelocaleLamoille Post Officepost office

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

The story so far

Richmond Township, in brief

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

Richmond Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 699 at the 2010 census. Richmond Township was organized in 1858, and named for a French settler.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 699 to 636 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Richmond Township, 1856 to 1975

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Richmond post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Lamoille post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Richmond post office closes
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1975Post officeThe Lamoille post office closes
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

Richmond Township on the map, 1956 to 1973

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

Richmond Township on the 1956 USGS mapRichmond Township on the 1973 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 Richmond Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Richmond Township

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

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Winona RyderAmerican actress · b. 1971
Joseph LoseyAmerican filmmaker and theatre director · b. 1909
Charles DierkopAmerican actor · b. 1936
Ford SterlingAmerican comedian · b. 1882
Tracy CaulkinsAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world … · b. 1963
Carol BartzAmerican businesswoman · b. 1948
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Homer Township2 historic placesBNew Hartford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Richmond Township’s history

What year was Richmond Township founded?

The Richmond Township post office opened in 1856, 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.