History · Kellogg

Kellogg’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Kellogg. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
5recent photos
Band concert in park. Kellogg, Minnesota, 1941 · Library of Congress

The story

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Kellogg was laid out in 1870, and named for a railroad sign maker A post office has been in operation at Kellogg since 1872. Kellogg was incorporated in 1877.

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Timeline

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1940s2 items · Band concert in park. Kellogg, Minnes…LOC
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Kellogg is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kellogg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wabasha County Poor House in Wabasha, 4.1 miles away.

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. Wabasha County Poor House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kellogg?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kellogg’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Band concert in park. Kellogg, Minnesota (1941) and it appears here side by side.

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