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History · Wasioja Township

Wasioja Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings.

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How Wasioja Township began

When was Wasioja Township founded?

1856

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

2020 census: 850170 years
Founding year: the first Wasioja Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wasioja Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Wasioja Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wasioja Township.

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Wasioja was settled in 1854 and platted in 1856. A post office was established at Wasioja in 1856, and remained in operation until 1911. Wasioja is derived from the native Dakota-language name for the Zumbro River - Ważí Ożú Wakpá, meaning the "pine grove" river. By 1860, the community's population had reached 1,000, its economy driven by limestone quarries, lumber, and agriculture. In 1860 the Minnesota Seminary was opened on the outskirts of town.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Wasioja Township, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 4 historic buildings

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Wasioja Historic District
Wasioja Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
French Canadian Style1
All 1 listings
Wasioja Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1975

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

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
EdenWasioja
Gone or out of use
WasiojalocaleWasioja Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wasioja Township
RiversideWildwood

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.

Dodge CenterIts storyC+Ashland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClaremont TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConcord Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMantorville TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Wasioja Township’s history

What year was Wasioja Township founded?

The Wasioja Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Wasioja Township?

One place: the Wasioja Historic District (listed 1975).

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