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Acoma’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Acoma Township ( AK-ə-mə) is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,130 at the 2020 census. Acoma Township was named after the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,149 people in 2010, 1,130 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Acoma yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Acoma, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Acoma is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Acoma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Harry Merrill House in Hutchinson, 4.2 miles away.

Acoma and the nearest listed places

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Harry Merrill HouseHutchinson Carnegie LibraryMerton S. Goodnow HouseKomensky SchoolBrightwood Beach CottageUniversal Laboratories Building

Closest to Acoma

Harry Merrill HouseHutchinson · Built 18584.2miHutchinson Carnegie LibraryHutchinson · Built 19044.5miMerton S. Goodnow HouseHutchinson · Building4.7miKomensky SchoolHutchinson · Building8.3miBrightwood Beach CottageLitchfield · Built 188912.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Harry Merrill House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Acoma?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Acoma’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Cedar Mills📜 Hutchinson📜 Lynn📜 Ellsworth
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