Minnesota:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Farmington	01/01/1897	
Redwing	09/05/1899	
Cottage Grove	10/02/1899	
Rochester	10/09/1899	
Austin	10/16/1899	
Waseca	10/16/1899	
Stillwater	10/23/1899	
Lynd	12/04/1899	
Rush City	12/04/1899	

Minnesota:  Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices,  
through 1904

Ada	04/01/1904	
Adams	01/02/1901	
Adrian	08/15/1900	
Afton	05/01/1901	
Albany	09/15/1904	
Albert Lea	11/01/1900	
Alden	02/01/1902	
Alexandria	02/01/1902	
Alpha	08/15/1904	
Amboy	05/14/1900	
Amiret	03/02/1903	
Annandale	03/02/1903	
Anoka	05/01/1901	
Appleton	02/01/1902	
Arco	02/01/1904	
Arlington	10/01/1902	
Ashby	04/15/1904	
Atwater	02/02/1903	
Audubon	07/15/1904	
Austin	10/16/1899	
Avoca	01/15/1904	
Avon	11/15/1904	
Balaton	12/01/1900	
Barnum	10/01/1900	
Barrett	04/01/1903	
Barry	02/02/1903	
Battle Lake	01/01/1904	
Beardsley	07/15/1904	
Beavercreek	09/01/1902	
Becker	12/15/1903	
Belgrade	10/01/1901	
Belleplaine	02/02/1903	
Belview	09/01/1904	
Bertha 	09/01/1903	
Bigelow	09/15/1904	
Biglake	02/01/1904	
Bingham Lake	07/01/1902	
Bird Island	11/02/1903	
Blakely	02/02/1903	
Blooming Prairie	02/01/1902	
Blue Earth City	03/01/1902	
Boyd	02/02/1903	
Braham	12/01/1902	
Brandon	04/15/1904	
Brewster	08/01/1902	
Bricelyn	12/02/1901	
Brooten	05/02/1904	
Browerville	02/01/1902	
Brownsdale	05/02/1904	
Brownton	11/02/1903	
Buffalo	11/15/1902	
Buffalo Lake	04/01/1902	
Burtrum	06/01/1904	
Butterfield	12/15/1903	
Byron	02/15/1904	
Caledonia	01/01/1902	
Cambridge	11/01/1902	
Canby	02/01/1904	
Cannon Falls	03/01/1901	
Canton	07/01/1902	
Carlton	09/01/1904	
Carver	03/02/1903	
Cedar	03/02/1903	
Center City	12/04/1900	
Chandler	11/01/1902	
Chaska	12/01/1902	
Chatfield	06/18/1900	
Chisago City	11/16/1903	
Chokio	02/02/1903	
Clara City	09/15/1904	
Claremont	01/01/1903	
Clarissa	04/01/1904	
Clarkfield	12/15/1900	
Clearlake	12/15/1903	
Clearwater	02/15/1904	
Cleveland	05/02/1904	
Climax	04/01/1903	
Clinton	08/01/1904	
Clitherall	06/01/1904	
Cloquet	04/01/1904	
Cocato	10/01/1900	
Cologne	10/01/1902	
Comfrey	09/15/1903	
Constance	03/02/1903	
Cottage Grove	10/02/1899	
Cottonwood	11/16/1903	
Courtland	09/15/1904	
Crookston	03/02/1903	
Currie	09/01/1902	
Cyrus	06/15/1904	
Dalton	02/01/1904	
Danube	01/01/1904	
Danvers	04/01/1903	
Dassel	04/01/1903	
Dawson	02/02/1903	
Dayton	02/01/1902	
Delano	03/02/1903	
Delavan	05/02/1904	
Delhi	07/15/1904	
Dennison	09/02/1901	
Dexter	05/15/1901	
Dodge Center	02/01/1902	
Donnelly	04/01/1903	
Doran	09/01/1904	
Dover	11/01/1902	
Dundas	03/15/1901	
Dunnell	01/15/1904	
Eagle Bend	09/01/1903	
Eagle Lake	02/01/1902	
Easton	05/02/1904	
Echo	10/01/1900	
Eden Valley	02/01/1904	
Edgerton	02/01/1904	
Eggleston	12/15/1904	
Elbow Lake	10/01/1902	
Elgin	09/01/1904	
Elizabeth	09/15/1904	
Elk River	09/02/1901	
Ellendale	02/15/1904	
Elmore	05/02/1904	
Elysian	06/15/1904	
Emmons	03/02/1903	
Evan 	08/01/1904	
Evansville	05/02/1904	
Excelsior	10/01/1900	
Eyota	06/18/1900	
Fairfax	08/01/1903	
Fairmont	04/01/1902	
Faribault	06/04/1900	
Farmington	01/01/1897	
Farwell	02/02/1903	
Fawndale	08/15/1904	
Fergus Falls	02/01/1904	
Fertile	12/01/1904	
Fisher	03/02/1903	
Forest Lake	09/15/1902	
Fosston	03/02/1903	
Fountain	08/01/1902	
Franklin	04/01/1903	
Freeport	05/16/1904	
Fridley	03/01/1902	
Frontenac	04/15/1904	
Frost	05/02/1904	
Fulda	01/02/1901	
Garden City	07/15/1904	
Garfield	05/02/1904	
Garvin	03/02/1903	
Gaylord	08/01/1904	
Georgeville	09/15/1903	
Gibbon	07/01/1904	
Gladstone	05/01/1903	
Glencoe	02/01/1902	
Glenville	10/01/1902	
Glenwood	03/01/1902	
Glyndon	04/01/1903	
Good Thunder	05/01/1902	
Goodhue	03/01/1901	
Granada	07/01/1902	
Grand Meadow	06/04/1900	
Grandy	12/01/1902	
Granite Falls	05/14/1900	
Green Isle	04/01/1904	
Greenleafton	05/16/1904	
Grey Eagle	06/01/1904	
Grove City	05/02/1904	
Halstad	03/02/1903	
Hamel	02/01/1902	
Hammond	11/16/1903	
Hampton	04/01/1904	
Hancock	12/02/1901	
Hanley Falls	11/16/1903	
Hanska	11/01/1902	
Hardwick	01/15/1904	
Harris	12/02/1901	
Hartland	09/01/1904	
Hastings	02/02/1903	
Hasty	11/01/1904	
Hawick	09/01/1904	
Hawley	04/01/1904	
Hayfield	02/01/1902	
Hector	04/01/1902	
Henderson	03/02/1903	
Hendricks	09/01/1903	
Hendrum	06/15/1904	
Henning	01/01/1904	
Heron Lake	09/01/1902	
Hewitt	04/15/1904	
Highwood	09/15/1902	
Hills	04/01/1904	
Hitterdal	09/01/1904	
Hoffman	05/02/1904	
Hokah	06/01/1904	
Holloway	03/02/1903	
Hopkins	04/01/1902	
Houston	07/01/1902	
Howard Lake	03/02/1903	
Hubbard	02/01/1902	
Hugo	09/15/1902	
Hutchinson	11/02/1903	
Imogen	12/15/1904	
Iona	02/01/1904	
Isanti	11/01/1902	
Ivanhoe	06/15/1904	
Jackson	06/04/1900	
Janesville	12/01/1902	
Jeffers	10/01/1904	
Jordan	04/01/1903	
Kandiyohi	08/01/1904	
Kasota	09/01/1904	
Kasson 	02/01/1902	
Kellogg	12/01/1902	
Kensington	06/15/1904	
Kenyon	10/01/1902	
Kerkhoven	04/01/1903	
Kiester	05/02/1904	
Kilkenny	03/01/1904	
Kilkenny	05/02/1904	
Kimball	02/15/1904	
Kimbrae	11/01/1902	
La Crescent	07/01/1902	
Lafayette	09/01/1903	
Laird	02/02/1903	
Lake Benton	02/02/1903	
Lake City	05/15/1901	
Lake Crystal	11/01/1900	
Lake Elmo	07/01/1901	
Lake Wilson	09/01/1902	
Lakefield	06/04/1900	
Lakeland	09/15/1902	
Lakepark	05/02/1904	
Lakeville	02/01/1902	
Lamberton	11/01/1902	
Lamoille	09/01/1904	
Lanesboro	11/15/1900	
Lansing	03/02/1903	
Leroy	02/02/1903	
Lester Prairie	04/01/1904	
Lesueur	03/15/1900	
Lesueur Center	03/01/1904	
Lewiston	11/01/1902	
Lindstrom	12/15/1903	
Litchfield	03/15/1900	
Littlefalls	10/01/1903	
Long Lake	09/02/1901	
Long Prairie	10/01/1901	
Loretto	02/01/1902	
Louisburg	02/02/1903	
Lowry	02/02/1903	
Luverne	04/01/1902	
Lyle	05/02/1904	
Lynd	12/04/1899	
Mabel	07/01/1902	
Madelia	08/01/1900	
Madison	10/01/1900	
Madison Lake	03/02/1903	
Mankato	10/01/1900	
Mantorville	02/01/1902	
Maple Plain	07/01/1901	
Maplelake	10/01/1903	
Mapleton	02/01/1902	
Marietta	02/02/1903	
Marine Mills	02/01/1901	
Marshall	06/11/1900	
Mayer	03/02/1903	
Maynard	02/01/1904	
Mazeppa	12/01/1902	
Mc Intosh	09/01/1904	
Medford	02/02/1903	
Melrose	04/01/1904	
Mendota	04/01/1902	
Milan	02/02/1903	
Millerville	10/01/1904	
Minneapolis	04/01/1902	
Minneiska	02/02/1903	
Minnesota Lake	05/02/1904	
Minnetonka	04/01/1902	
Monterey	03/01/1904	
Montevideo	05/14/1900	
Montgomery	04/01/1904	
Monticello	09/02/1901	
Montrose	03/02/1903	
Mora	04/15/1904	
Morgan	02/02/1903	
Morris	02/02/1903	
Morristown	02/02/1903	
Morton	12/15/1903	
Mound	09/01/1902	
Mountain Lake	06/01/1901	
Nerstrand	03/01/1901	
New Brighton	05/01/1901	
New London	02/01/1904	
New Paynesville	01/01/1904	
New Prague	04/01/1903	
New Richland	08/01/1902	
New Ulm	01/02/1901	
New York Mills	07/15/1904	
Newmarket	08/01/1904	
Nicollet	03/02/1903	
North Branch	12/15/1900	
North Redwood	05/02/1904	
North Redwood	12/15/1903	
North Saint Paul	05/01/1903	
Northfield	05/01/1900	
Norwood	05/01/1902	
Oakland	10/01/1902	
Olivia	07/01/1902	
Ormsby	04/01/1904	
Ortonville	02/02/1903	
Osakis	02/01/1902	
Osseo	09/02/1901	
Ostrander	07/01/1901	
Otisville	02/01/1901	
Owatonna	02/01/1902	
Park Rapids	05/02/1904	
Parkers Prairie	06/15/1904	
Pelican Rapids	01/01/1904	
Pennock	04/01/1903	
Perham	02/01/1904	
Perley	06/15/1904	
Peterson	05/02/1904	
Philbrook	03/01/1904	
Pine City	02/01/1902	
Pine Island	03/02/1903	
Pipestone	11/01/1902	
Plainview	11/01/1902	
Porter	04/15/1904	
Preston	11/01/1900	
Princeton	10/01/1900	
Priorlake	04/01/1903	
Prosper	03/02/1903	
Purity	03/02/1903	
Racine	05/15/1901	
Randall	06/15/1904	
Raymond	12/01/1903	
Reading	01/15/1904	
Redwing	09/05/1899	
Redwood Falls	02/02/1903	
Renville	06/04/1900	
Rice	06/01/1904	
Rich Valley	08/01/1904	
Robbinsdale	10/01/1901	
Rochester	10/09/1899	
Rockford	11/01/1902	
Rogers	02/01/1902	
Rollag	09/15/1904	
Rolling Stone	02/01/1904	
Ronneby	05/16/1904	
Rosecreek	03/02/1903	
Rosemount	02/02/1903	
Rothsay	04/01/1904	
Rothsay	06/15/1904	
Royalton	06/01/1904	
Rush City	12/04/1899	
Rushford	07/01/1902	
Rushmore	09/01/1903	
Russell	02/01/1904	
Ruthton	08/15/1904	
Sabin	02/15/1904	
Sacred Heart	07/01/1902	
Saint Bonifacius	09/01/1902	
Saint Charles	06/18/1900	
Saint Cloud	02/01/1902	
Saint Francis	05/16/1904	
Saint James	04/01/1902	
Saint Joseph	09/15/1904	
Saint Louis Park	04/01/1902	
Saint Michael Station	10/01/1903	
Saint Paul	09/15/1900	
Saint Paul Park	09/15/1902	
Saint Peter	07/01/1902	
Sanborn	11/01/1902	
Sargeant	05/02/1904	
Sauk Center	09/15/1900	
Sauk Rapids	10/01/1901	
Scandia	09/15/1902	
Sebeka	06/15/1904	
Shafer	11/16/1903	
Shakopee	04/01/1903	
Shelly	06/15/1904	
Sherburn	01/15/1904	
Silverlake	04/01/1904	
Simpson	12/01/1902	
Skyberg	12/15/1904	
Slayton	09/01/1900	
Sleepyeye	06/18/1900	
Smithlake	02/01/1904	
Smithmill	07/15/1904	
South Haven	02/15/1904	
South Saint Paul	12/01/1903	
Spicer	06/15/1904	
Spring Grove	07/01/1902	
Spring Valley	11/01/1900	
Springfield	11/01/1902	
Stacy	11/16/1903	
Stanchfield	12/01/1902	
Stanton	12/15/1904	
Starbuck	10/01/1901	
Steen	04/01/1904	
Stewart	11/02/1903	
Stewartville	06/11/1900	
Stillwater	10/23/1899	
Sunrise	11/16/1903	
Svea	09/01/1904	
Swanville	08/01/1904	
Taopi	05/02/1904	
Taunton	09/15/1904	
Taylors Falls	11/16/1903	
Tenney	09/15/1904	
Torah	05/16/1904	
Tracy	01/15/1901	
Truman	12/15/1900	
Twin Valley	03/02/1903	
Tyler	02/02/1903	
Ulen	04/01/1903	
Underwood	08/01/1904	
Utica	11/01/1902	
Verndale	09/01/1903	
Vernon Center	08/01/1900	
Vesta	05/16/1904	
Villard	12/02/1901	
Vining	09/15/1904	
Wabasha	11/01/1902	
Wabasso	05/16/1904	
Waconia	03/02/1903	
Wadena	07/15/1904	
Walnutgrove	10/15/1900	
Walters	05/02/1904	
Waltham	03/02/1903	
Waseca	10/16/1899	
Washburn	04/01/1902	
Waterville	03/01/1902	
Watkins	02/15/1904	
Watson	08/15/1904	
Wayzata	07/01/1901	
Webster	09/15/1904	
Welcome	12/01/1903	
Wells	12/01/1900	
West Concord	02/01/1902	
Westbrook	09/01/1902	
Whalan	07/01/1902	
Wheaton	02/02/1903	
Whitebear Lake	09/15/1900	
Willmar	06/04/1900	
Wilmont	09/15/1904	
Windom	08/15/1900	
Winnebago City	08/15/1900	
Winona	10/01/1903	
Winthrop	04/01/1904	
Winthrop	08/01/1904	
Withrow	09/15/1902	
Witoka	02/15/1904	
Woodstock	09/01/1900	
Worthington	12/01/1900	
Wrightstown	04/15/1904	
Wykoff	07/01/1902	
Wylie	09/01/1904	
Zimmerman	09/01/1904	
Zumbro Falls	11/16/1903	
Zumbrota	01/02/1901	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008