The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Winthrop has been in operation since 1882. Winthrop was incorporated as a city in 1910.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winthrop’s history is told.
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Winthrop, decade by decade
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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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CommonsAerial view of Winthrop, Minnesota 2023-06-112023
CommonsWinthrop, Minnesota Water Tower2016
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CommonsCornfield - panoramio (2)2014National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Winthrop is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Winthrop has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail in Gaylord, 6.9 miles away.
Winthrop and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Winthrop. Tap a dot.
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. Sibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Winthrop?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Winthrop’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.