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History · Skyline

Half of Skyline’s homes were built after 1958

Most of Skyline was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1958. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Skyline’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 Skyline are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Skyline’s homes were built before 1958.
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The story so far

Skyline, in brief

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

Skyline is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 288 at the 2020 census. It is adjacent to the city of Mankato and is part of the Mankato-North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 289 in 2010, 288 in 2020.

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

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

Skyline on the map, 1951 to 1993

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

Skyline on the 1951 USGS mapSkyline on the 1974 USGS mapSkyline on the 1993 USGS map1951Mankato West 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 Skyline.

People over time

Skyline, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 400

Between 272 and 400 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mankato14 historic placesB+Mankato TownshipIts storyCSouth Bend Township4 historic placesA

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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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.