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History · Wanamingo Township

28% of Wanamingo Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1920.

1on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wanamingo Township’s past

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The story so far

Wanamingo Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 456 to 395 (-13%).

Timeline

Wanamingo Township, 1857 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Hader post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Hader post office closes
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Wanamingo Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Town Hall in Wanamingo, Minnesota2020Town Hall in Wanamingo, MinnesotaMNMap-doton-Wanamingo2005MNMap-doton-Wanamingo
On the map

Wanamingo Township on the map, 1968 to 1985

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

Wanamingo Township on the 1968 USGS mapWanamingo Township on the 1985 USGS map1968Wanamingo 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 Wanamingo Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Wanamingo Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage
Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage
Buildings
Holden Lutheran Church ParsonageBuilding

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

People over time

Wanamingo Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001920194019601980200020201,113

Grew from 350 people in 1920 to 1,113 in 2020, 3 times over.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hader
Gone or out of use
Hader Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wanamingo Township
Aspelund Norwegian LutheranHolden Norwegian LutheranNazareth Lutheran ChurchTrinityWanamingo

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.

Holden Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinneola TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry Grove Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWanamingoIts storyC+Leon Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wanamingo Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Wanamingo Township?

One place: the Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.