Whitewater Falls, Minnesota Explained

Whitewater Falls is an abandoned townsite in sections 27 and 34 of Whitewater Township in Winona County, Minnesota.

History

Whitewater Falls had a post office from 1856 until 1899.^[1] The town took its name from the Whitewater River.^[2] Clark William Trisler (1840-1921), farmer and Minnesota state legislator, lived in Whitewater Falls with his wife and family.^[3]

External links

• "Whitewater Township, Beavers, Whitewater Falls" from C.M. Foote & Co. (1894). historicmapworks.com
• Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, "History of Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota, The History of Winonia County, Minnesota. H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co. (1913)

Notes and References

1. Book: Upham, Warren. Warren Upham

   . Warren Upham. Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Minnesota Historical Society. 2001. Saint Paul, Minnesota. 635. 0-87351-396-7.

2. Book: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. 1920. Minnesota Historical Society. 584.
3. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15158 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Carl William Trisler