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History · Zumbro Falls

Zumbro Falls’ post office opened in 1857, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Zumbro Parkway Bridge and the Bridge No. 5827-Zumbro Falls.

1857first post office
2on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Zumbro Falls began

When was Zumbro Falls founded?

1857

The Zumbro Falls post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 155169 years
Founding year: the first Zumbro Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Zumbro Falls

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Zumbro Parkway Bridge
Zumbro Parkway Bridge, built 1937Bridge No. 5827-Zumbro Falls, built 1938
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Multi-Plate Arch Bridge1
Multi-Plate arch1
Zumbro Parkway BridgeMulti-Plate Arch Bridge · Built 1937
Bridge No. 5827-Zumbro FallsMulti-Plate arch · Built 1938

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Zumbro Falls’s post office has been open since 1857.

Gone or out of use
Zumbro Fallslocale

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.

Zumbro TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChester Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGillford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHyde Park TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Zumbro Falls’ history

What year was Zumbro Falls founded?

The Zumbro Falls post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Zumbro Falls?

Two places: the Zumbro Parkway Bridge (listed 1989) and the Bridge No. 5827-Zumbro Falls (1998).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.