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History · St. Mary Township

33% of St. Mary Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about St. Mary Township’s past

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The story so far

St. Mary Township, in brief

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St. Mary is an unincorporated community in St. Mary Township, Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, near Waseca. The community is located near the junction of Waseca County Roads 9 and 29, and 320th Avenue. The Le Sueur River flows nearby.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 460 to 402 (-13%).

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

Timeline

St. Mary Township, 1856 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Saint Marys post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Saint Marys post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

St. Mary Township on the map, 1966 to 1991

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

St. Mary Township on the 1966 USGS mapSt. Mary Township on the 1979 USGS mapSt. Mary Township on the 1991 USGS map1966Waseca 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 St. Mary Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to St. Mary Township

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

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Leroy ShieldAmerican film score and radio composer, pianist… · b. 1893
Ray John MaddenAmerican politician · b. 1892
Robert SheranAmerican lawyer, judge and politician · b. 1916
Adolf DehnAmerican artist · b. 1895
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Glenn OdekirkAmerican engineer · b. 1905
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Gene GlynnAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1956
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Mary
Gone or out of use
Saint Marys Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside St. Mary Township
KrassinSaint Mary

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.

Waseca7 historic placesA−Iosco TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodville TownshipIts storyC−

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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.