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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. The town took its name from the Whitewater River. Clark William Trisler (1840-1921), farmer and Minnesota state legislator, lived in Whitewater Falls with his wife and family.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitewater Falls, Minnesota
2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 635. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.
3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 584.
4. Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Carl William Trisler

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)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Winona County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Winona
Cities	Altura Dakota Elba Goodview La Crescent‡ Lewiston Minneiska‡ Minnesota City Rollingstone St. Charles Stockton Utica Winona
Townships	Dresbach Elba Fremont Hart Hillsdale Homer Mt. Vernon New Hartford Norton Pleasant Hill Richmond Rollingstone Saratoga St. Charles Utica Warren Whitewater Wilson Wiscoy
CDPs	Dresbach Homer Pickwick
Unincorporated communities	Beaver Bethany Centerville Clyde Donehower Fremont Hart Lamoille New Hartford Nodine Oakridge Pine Creek‡ Ridgeway Saratoga Troy Whitman Wilson Witoka Wyattville
Ghost towns	Ashton Enterprise Grover Whitewater Falls
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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