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History · Gennessee

Gennessee’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Gennessee Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 458 at the 2000 census. The township includes the city of Atwater. Gennessee Township was organized in 1858, and named after the Genesee River in New York, the home state of a share of the early settlers.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 413 to 423 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gennessee 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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Gennessee, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Gennessee is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gennessee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hotel Atwater in Atwater, 3.1 miles away.

Gennessee and the nearest listed places

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Hotel AtwaterJohn Bosch FarmsteadBroman, Andreas, Johanna, Anna and Frank E., FarmsteadJohn M. Spicer Summer House and FarmWillmar Hospital Farm for Inebriates Historic DistrictAlbert H. and Jennie C. Sperry House

Closest to Gennessee

Hotel AtwaterAtwater · Building3.1miJohn Bosch FarmsteadLake Elizabeth · District4miBroman, Andreas, Johanna, Anna and Frank E., FarmsteadKandiyohi · District4.6miJohn M. Spicer Summer House and FarmGreen Lake · Building9.7miWillmar Hospital Farm for Inebriates Historic DistrictWillmar · District9.8mi

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

Stories next door

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📜 Atwater📜 Kandiyohi📜 Kandiyohi📜 Acton
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