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Correll’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Correll. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Correll is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26 at the 2020 census. Correll was named for David N Correll, a railroad official who founded the city in 1881.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 34 to 26 (-24%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Correll 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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Famous people close to Correll

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Elmer Austin BensonElmer Austin BensonAppleton · 6 miClinton SundbergClinton SundbergAppleton · 6 miBrad RheingansBrad RheingansAppleton · 6 miDJDan JurgensOrtonville · 12 miJerry KoosmanJerry KoosmanAppleton · 6 miCPCharles E. PetersonMadison · 15 mi
By decade

Correll, 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 Correll is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Correll has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Louisburg School in Louisburg, 4.4 miles away.

Correll and the nearest listed places

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Louisburg SchoolAppleton City HallGethsemane Episcopal ChurchOdessa JailBig Stone County CourthouseOrtonville Commercial Historic District

Closest to Correll

Louisburg SchoolLouisburg · Building4.4miAppleton City HallAppleton · Built 18957.3miGethsemane Episcopal ChurchAppleton · Building8miOdessa JailOdessa · Building8.3miBig Stone County CourthouseOrtonville · Building14.6mi

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. Louisburg School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Correll?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Correll’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.

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📜 Akron📜 Louisburg📜 Appleton📜 Shible
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