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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Round Grove Township is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 236 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 251 to 236 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Round Grove 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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Round Grove, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Round Grove is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Round Grove has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gibbon Village Hall in Gibbon, 10.9 miles away.

Round Grove and the nearest listed places

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Gibbon Village HallGaylord City ParkSibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and JailMerton S. Goodnow HouseHutchinson Carnegie LibraryMcLeod County Courthouse

Closest to Round Grove

Gibbon Village HallGibbon · Building10.9miGaylord City ParkGaylord · Site12.7miSibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and JailGaylord · Building13.1miMerton S. Goodnow HouseHutchinson · Building14.8miHutchinson Carnegie LibraryHutchinson · Built 190414.9mi

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. Gibbon Village Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Round Grove?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Round Grove’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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