The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBlomkest ( BLUM-kest) is a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 145 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 157 to 145 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1961.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blomkest 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blomkest’s history is told.
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Blomkest, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Blomkest is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blomkest has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is District No. 55 School in Whitefield, 4.7 miles away.
Blomkest and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.