Cannon Falls’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cannon Falls. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCannon Falls Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,236 at the 2000 census. Cannon Falls Township was organized in 1858, and named for the falls on the Cannon River.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,083 to 4,220 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cannon Falls 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 Cannon Falls’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cannon Falls’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBridge 4759, Carrying Trunk Highw…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Cannon Falls
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Cannon Falls, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bridge 4759, Carrying Trunk Highway 20 over Cannon River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.