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History · Waasa Township

12% of Waasa Township’s homes were built before 1940

4 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: maps from 1949 on.

4on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Waasa 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 Waasa Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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On the National Register

4 historic places in Waasa Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
8
each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Hartley Building
Hartley BuildingAho, Elias and Lisi, Historic Farmstead, built 1907Seitaniemi, Alex, Housebarn, built 1913Tanttari, Waino, Field Hay Barn, built 1935
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Architectural styles listings

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Tudor Revival1
Hartley BuildingTudor Revival
Aho, Elias and Lisi, Historic FarmsteadLog · Built 1907
Seitaniemi, Alex, HousebarnLog · Built 1913
Tanttari, Waino, Field Hay BarnLog · Built 1935

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Waasa Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Waasa Township.

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Waasa Township derives its name from Vaasa Province, in Finland.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Waasa Township, 1907 to 1949

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907BuiltAho, Elias and Lisi, Historic Farmstead is built
  3. 1913BuiltSeitaniemi, Alex, Housebarn is built
  4. 1935BuiltTanttari, Waino, Field Hay Barn is built
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Waasa Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Wassa Town Hall2026Wassa Town HallWaino Tanttari Field Hay Barn2017Waino Tanttari Field Hay BarnAho Farmstead2017Aho Farmstead
On the map

Waasa Township on the map, 1949 to 1984

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

Waasa Township on the 1949 USGS mapWaasa Township on the 1950 USGS mapWaasa Township on the 1969 USGS mapWaasa Township on the 1984 USGS map1949Isaac Lake 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 Waasa Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Waasa Township

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

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Jessica BielAmerican actress · b. 1982
Francine YorkAmerican actress, showgirl · b. 1936
Daniel BerriganAmerican Catholic priest, peace activist, and p… · b. 1921
Mark PavelichAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1958
Matt CullenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1976
Nick BegichAmerican politician · b. 1932
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BabbittIts storyDEmbarrass Township5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoyt Lakes1 historic placeD

Questions about Waasa Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Waasa Township?

4 listings: 3 buildings, among them the Hartley Building (listed 1989, the first), and 1 historic district, the Aho, Elias and Lisi, Historic Farmstead, with 5 contributing buildings. 8 historic buildings in all.

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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.