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History · Tintah

Tintah’s post office opened in 1880, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1900.

1880first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Tintah began

When was Tintah founded?

1880

The Tintah post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 220 in 19002020 census: 67146 years
Founding year: the first Tintah post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tintah’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 Tintah are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Tintah’s homes were built before 1957.
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The story so far

Tintah, in brief

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

Tintah is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 67 at the 2020 census. Tintah is a name derived from the Dakota language meaning "prairie".

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 63 to 67 (+6%).

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

By decade

Tintah, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Tintah, Minnesota-05, Post Office2024Tintah, Minnesota-05, Post OfficeTintah, Minnesota-04, Roy Johnson Memorial Park2024Tintah, Minnesota-04, Roy Johnson Memorial ParkTintah, Minnesota-03, City Hall2024Tintah, Minnesota-03, City HallTintah, Minnesota-02, St. Gall's Catholic Church2024Tintah, Minnesota-02, St. Gall's Catholic ChurchTintah, Minnesota-01, Fire Department2024Tintah, Minnesota-01, Fire Department
On the map

Tintah on the map, 1951 to 1981

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

Tintah on the 1951 USGS mapTintah on the 1981 USGS map1951Campbell 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 Tintah.

People over time

Tintah, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 249

Between 63 and 249 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Tintah

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

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Mabel SeeleyAmerican writer · b. 1903
Oliver S. PowellAmerican economist, educator, and author · b. 1896

Questions about Tintah’s history

What year was Tintah founded?

The Tintah post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.