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History · Upsala

Upsala’s post office opened in 1883, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Upsala began

When was Upsala founded?

1883

The Upsala post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 487143 years
Founding year: the first Upsala post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Upsala’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 Upsala are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Upsala came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Upsala.

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A post office called Upsala was established in 1883. Swedish settlers named the city after Uppsala, Sweden.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Upsala, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Morrison 19 and Inter CR F in2021Morrison 19 and Inter CR F inUpsala, Minnesota welcome sign2020Upsala, Minnesota welcome signUpsala, Minnesota buildings2020Upsala, Minnesota buildingsUpsala, Minnesota Covenant Church Cemetery2020Upsala, Minnesota Covenant Church Cemetery238 Bridge, Upsala, Minnesota 20022002238 Bridge, Upsala, Minnesota 2002
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Upsala’s post office has been open since 1883.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Upsala
Covenant ChurchGethsemane Lutheran ChurchSaint Marys

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

Questions about Upsala’s history

What year was Upsala founded?

The Upsala post office opened in 1883, 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), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.