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Warsaw’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Warsaw. 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

Warsaw Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 603 at the 2000 census. Warsaw Township was organized in 1858.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 607 people in 2010, 598 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Warsaw 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warsaw’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Warsaw

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Peter AgrePeter AgreNorthfield · 6 miSiri HustvedtSiri HustvedtNorthfield · 6 miAlexandra HoldenAlexandra HoldenNorthfield · 6 miAl QuieAl QuieDennison · 3 miAndrew VolsteadAndrew VolsteadKenyon · 10 miEdward FitzgeraldEdward FitzgeraldNorthfield · 6 mi
By decade

Warsaw, 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 Warsaw is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Warsaw has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nansen Agricultural Historic District in Holden, 4.1 miles away.

Warsaw and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Warsaw. Tap a dot.
Nansen Agricultural Historic DistrictOxford Mill RuinCarleton AirportMiller, Harrison, FarmhouseVeblen FarmsteadOsmund Osmundson House

Closest to Warsaw

Nansen Agricultural Historic DistrictHolden · District4.1miOxford Mill RuinStanton · Building4.6miCarleton AirportStanton · District4.8miMiller, Harrison, FarmhouseStanton · Building5.2miVeblen FarmsteadWheeling · Building5.9mi

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. Nansen Agricultural Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Warsaw?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Warsaw’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

nearby towns’ history
📜 Dennison📜 Stanton📜 Leon📜 Holden
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