The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCallaway is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, USA, approximately 11 miles from the county seat, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The population was 178 at the 2020 census. Callaway is often associated with a nearby town, Richwood, Minnesota.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 234 to 178 (-24%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Callaway 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.
Start Callaway’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Callaway’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Callaway, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Callaway is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Callaway has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Northern Pacific Passenger Depot in Detroit Lakes, 11.6 miles away.
Callaway 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 (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.