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History · Waukenabo Township

Waukenabo Township’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Waukenabo Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1914 on.

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How Waukenabo Township began

When was Waukenabo Township founded?

1902

The Waukenabo Township post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Waukenabo (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 312124 years
Founding year: the first Waukenabo Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Waukenabo 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 first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waukenabo Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Waukenabo Township, in brief

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

Waukenabo is an unincorporated community in Waukenabo Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States; located near Palisade. The community is located between Aitkin and Hill City at the junction of U.S. Highway 169 and 500th Lane. Aitkin County Road 3 (Grove Street / 480th Street) is nearby. Waukenabo is located within ZIP code 56469, based in Palisade. A post office previously operated in Waukenabo from 1902 to 1916.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 316 in 2010, 312 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Waukenabo Township, 1902 to 1916

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Waukenabo post office opens
  3. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1916Post officeThe Waukenabo post office closes
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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

Waukenabo Township on the map, 1914 to 1973

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

Waukenabo Township on the 1914 USGS mapWaukenabo Township on the 1973 USGS map1914Aitkin sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Waukenabo Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Waukenabo Township

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

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Kleggie HermsenAmerican basketball player · b. 1923
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Eddie RogersAmerican football player · b. 1876
Frank JudeMajor League Baseball outfielder · b. 1884
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Waukenabo
Gone or out of use
Waukenabo Post Officepost officeWillow River Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Waukenabo Township
Waukenabo

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.

Morrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Waukenabo Township’s history

What year was Waukenabo Township founded?

The Waukenabo Township post office opened in 1902, 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 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.