The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusClimax is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 243 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 267 to 243 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Climax 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Climax’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Climax’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewClimax, Minnesota, 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Climax, decade by decade
1950s
1990s
Nothing in Climax is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Climax has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Baukol Historic District in Ervin, 10.4 miles away.
Climax and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Climax, Minnesota (1899) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.