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Winnebago Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 257 at the 2000 census. Winnebago Township was organized in 1858, and named after Winnebago Creek.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 240 to 227 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Winnebago Township in 1919
Passages that mention Winnebago Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Houston County, Minnesota1919 · page 127Read the page →
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District No. 49, Winnebago Township. The first school in this district was commenced in January, 1862, and was taught by Michael McNamara, for the not to be despised sum in those days of $14 a month. The first schoolhouse was of logs, and was built in 1864 on section 17, but it wds afterwards moved to section 7, where it stood and did good service until the winter of 1876-77, when it was consumed by fire, and a new frame structure replaced it in the fall of 1877. In accordance with the state law passed in 1861, providing that every township should be a school district, to be
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History of Houston County, Minnesota1919 · page 131Read the page →
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District No. 86, Winnebago Township. About 1874 this district was set off from No. 52, and a schoolhouse put up the same year by a man who received $100 for laying the stone work, the district furnishing the material. Annie Anderson was the first teacher.
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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Winnebago Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Brownsville 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 Winnebago Township.
On the National Register
2 historic places in Winnebago Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
