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History · Winnebago City Township

62% of Winnebago City Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1967 on, and the census since 1860.

0on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Winnebago City Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Winnebago City Township’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Winnebago City Township’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 2,127 in 1950; 1,391 people lived here in 2020.
★ What stands out · The story

How Winnebago City Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Winnebago City Township.

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Winnebago was originally called Winnebago City, and under the latter name was laid out in 1856. The city was named after the Winnebago Indians, who had recently been moved to a reservation nearby from a location further north near Long Prairie. A post office was established as Winnebago City in 1857, and "city" was dropped from the name in 1905.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Winnebago City Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000190019502000Peak: 2,127

Peaked at 2,127 in 1950; 1,391 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Timeline

Winnebago City Township, 1868 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868In the archiveNarcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 1868
  3. 1884In the archiveNarcissa Latimer letter to Alexander and Sarah Latimer, November 17, 1884
  4. 1891In the archiveEnvelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, December 8, 1891
  5. 20th century
  6. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 2,127
  7. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Winnebago City Township, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s–1890s6 items
Narcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 18681868Narcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 1868DocumentNarcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 18681868Narcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 1868DocumentNarcissa Latimer letter to Alexander and Sarah Latimer, November 17, 18841884Narcissa Latimer letter to Alexander and Sarah Latime…DocumentNarcissa Latimer letter to Alexander and Sarah Latimer, November 17, 18841884Narcissa Latimer letter to Alexander and Sarah Latime…DocumentEnvelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, December 8, 18911891Envelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, December 8, 1891Envelope addressed to Sarah Latimer, June 3, 18921892Envelope addressed to Sarah Latimer, June 3, 1892
1900s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Winnebago City Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Winnebago City Township on the 1967 USGS mapWinnebago City Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Winnebago 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 Winnebago City Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Envelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, December 8, 1891
Retake this viewEnvelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, December 8, 1891, 1891

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Winnebago City Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Winnebago City Township
NorthPleasant Prairie BaseyRose HillWiltsey

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Winnebago City Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEnvelope to Mrs. A. [Sarah] Latimer, De…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Winnebago2 historic placesBVerona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelavan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNashville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShelby Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSterling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Winnebago City Township’s history

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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 (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.