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History · Verona Township

Verona Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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How Verona Township began

When was Verona Township founded?

1856

The Verona Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Verona (1856), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 323170 years
Founding year: the first Verona Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Verona 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 Verona Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Verona Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verona Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Verona Township, in brief

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

Verona Township is a township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 391 at the 2000 census. Verona Township was organized in 1858, and named after Verona, in Italy.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 364 to 323 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Verona Township, 1856 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Verona post office opens
  3. 1865Post officeThe Verona post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Huntley post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Verona Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Verona Township on the 1967 USGS mapVerona Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Huntley 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 Verona Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Verona Township

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

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Jim HagedornU.S. Representative from Minnesota · b. 1962
Arlen ErdahlAmerican politician · b. 1931
Tom HagedornAmerican politician · b. 1943
Buddy WolfeAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1941
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Donald DeskeyAmerican industrial designer · b. 1894
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Allen Walker ReadAmerican linguist · b. 1906
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Verona
1856–1865
Huntley
1879–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Huntley
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Verona Township
RiversideSaint MarysVeronaWest Verona

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.

Winnebago2 historic placesBWinnebago City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrescott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJo Daviess TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Verona Township’s history

What year was Verona Township founded?

The Verona 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.