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History · Minong

Minong’s post office opened in 1887, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

1887first post office
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11%homes built before 1940
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How Minong began

When was Minong founded?

1887

The Minong post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 548139 years
Founding year: the first Minong post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Minong’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Minong are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Minong came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Minong.

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Minong is a name derived from the Ojibwe language. It is generally translated as "blueberry place" or "good place". Minong is also the Ojibwe name for Isle Royale.

A post office called Minong has been in operation since 1887. The village was laid out in 1888 when the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway constructed a rail line through the area. Josiah Bond and J. J. Hohl and were the principal developers of the village.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Minong

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Sean DuffyAmerican politician, former sports commentator … · b. 1971
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Dan PlanteAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1971
J. R. SalzmanRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1979
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William W. McCutcheonAmerican politician from Minnesota · b. 1926

Questions about Minong’s history

What year was Minong founded?

The Minong post office opened in 1887, 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 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.