Town
Dates
Found In Township(s)
est.: established
inc.: incorporated
or defunct
Other Names and/or
Towns Absorbed
Albany
est. 1862; inc. 1890
found in Albany township
Two Rivers (1862-72)
Arban
est. 1873; defunct
found in Holding township
Ashley
est. 1865; defunct
found in Ashley township
Avon
est. 1858; inc. 1900
found in Avon township
Spunk Lake
Belgrade
est. 1886; inc. 1888
found in Crow River and Crow Lake townships
Crow Lake P.O.
Brooten
est. 1886; inc. 1892
found in North Fork and Crow Lake townships
and also Pope County
Clearwater
est. 1855
found in Lynden township
Cold Spring
est. 1855; inc. 1911
found in Wakefield township
Cold Springs
Cold Spring City
Collegeville
est. 1860
found in St. Wendel township
Collegeville P.O.
Sankt Ludwig am See (1877)
Eden Valley
est. 1886; inc. 1889
found in Eden Lake township
and also Meeker County
Elrosa
est. 1907; inc. 1916
found in Lake George township
Fairhaven
est. 1856
found in Fair Haven township
Farming
est. 1875
found in Farming township
Farming P.O.
Five Points
est. c.1900; defunct
found in St. Wendel and Le Sauk townships
Freeport
est. 1872; inc. 1892
found in Oak township
Oak Station P.O.
Oakdale
George Lake P.O.
est. 1869; defunct 1871
found in Spring Hill township
Stony-Brook Crossing
Georgeville
est. 1887
found in Crow River township
Georgeville P.O.
Greenwald
est. 1907; inc. 1915
found in Grove township
Eslarn P.O.
Holdingford
est. 1868; inc. 1896
found in Holding township
Holding’s Ford
found in Holding township
Wardville
found in Holding township
Wardeville Holdingford P.O.
Jacobs Prairie
est. 1855
found in Wakefield township
Kennebec P.O.
est. 1857; defunct 1868
found in St. Martin township
Merion
American Settlement (1857-90)
Kimball
est. 1856; inc. 1892
found in Maine Prairie township
Kimball Prairie
Lake George P.O.
est. 1892; defunct 1905
found in Lake George township
Lake Henry
est. 1882; inc. 1913
found in Lake Henry township
Lake Henry P.O.
Logering
est. 1877; defunct 1892
found in Luxemburg township
Pappelbusch
Long Hill P.O.
est 1868; defunct 1873
found in Grove township
Luxemburg
est. 1861;
found in St. Augusta township
Luxemburgh
West St. Augusta
Maine Prairie
est. 1856
found in Maine Prairie township
Maine Prairie Corners
Marty
see Pearl Lake
found in Maine Prairie township
Marysville
est. 1857; defunct
found in Maine Prairie township
Meire Grove
est. 1858; inc. 1896
found in Grove township
Meire’s Grove
Melrose
est. 1857; inc. 1881
found in Melrose and Grove townships
New Munich
est. 1854; inc. 1896
found in Oak township
Oak P.O.
Oak Grove
North Fork P.O.
est. 1868; defunct 1888
found in North Fork township
Opole
est. 1890
found in Brockway township
Opole P.O.
Padua
est. 1866
found in Raymond township
Rooneyville
Paynesville
est. 1857; inc. 1887
found in Paynesville township
Koronis Paynesville Station
New Paynesville
Pearl Lake (common name)
est. 1889
found in Maine Prairie township
Marty (official name)
Marty P.O. (1901-1904)
Pleasant Lake
est. 1886; inc. 1938
found in Rockville township
Lakeside Park
Richmond
est. 1855; inc. 1890
found in Munson township
Rich Prairie (1879)
Richmond Station
Richmond’s Prairie
Torah PO
Rockville
est. 1855; inc. 1903
found in Rockville township
Roscoe
est. 1886; inc. ?
found in Munson and Zion townships
Roscoe Station
Zions PO
Zions
St. Anna
est. 1884; inc. 1915-1933
found in Avon township
St. Anna P.O.
St. Anthony
est. 1865; inc. 1911
found in Krain township
Gates P.O.
St. Augusta
est. 1856;
found in St. Augusta township
Neenah
St. Cloud
est. 1853; inc. 1856
found in St. Cloud, Le Sauk and St. Augusta townships
St. Cloud Junction
and also Benton and Sherburne Counties
South St. Cloud
Grand Rapids
Sweede Hollow
Arcadia
Benton City
St. Francis
est. 1914
found in Krain township
St. Joseph
est. 1854; inc. 1890
found in St. Joseph township
Clinton
St. Martin
est. 1857; inc. 1891
found in St. Martin and Zion townships
St. Martins
Leedston P.O.
St. Nicholas
est. 1891; inc. 1912-1915
found in Luxemburg township
St. Nicholas P.O.
St. Rosa
est. 1871; inc. 1939
found in Millwood township
Isabel
St. Stephen
est. 1857; inc. 1914
found in Brockway township
Brockway P.O.
Merkling
St. Wendel
est. 1867
found in St. Wendel township
St. Wendall
Spunk Brook
Hancock
Maples
Sartell
est. 1854; inc. 1907
found in Le Sauk township
Winnebago
and also Benton County
Sauk City (1856-59)
Sauk Centre
est. 1855; inc. 1876
found in Sauk Centre township
Spaulding
est. 1872; defunct
found in Melrose township
and also Todd County
Spring Hill
est. 1860; inc. 1900
found in Spring Hill township
Spring Hill P.O.
Stiles Station
est. 1877; defunct
found in Ashley township
Tyrol P.O.
est. 1883; defunct 1900
found in Raymond township
Unity P.O.
est. 1895; defunct
found in Getty township
Waite Park
est. 1851; inc. 1897, 1967
found in St. Cloud township
Woodstock
O’Brien Station
Yarmouth
est. 1858; defunct
found in Maine Prairie township
Original concept and submission from Tom Steichen. Additional assistance from Darrell Schulte, Phil Holm and the Research Department of the Stearns History Museum.