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Welcome to Wastedo ...

Wastedo is located in Goodhue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wastedo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Wastedo is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wastedo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Wastedo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wastedo.

  • Northfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Red Wing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cannon Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Zumbrota
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kenyon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dundas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Goodhue
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wanamingo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mazeppa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wastedo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wastedo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wastedo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wastedo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wastedo. See our Newspapers Page for Wastedo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wastedo ...

Looking for more information about Wastedo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wastedo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wastedo.

Adding Wastedo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wastedo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wastedo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wastedo post office opened in 1857. The Wastedo post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wastedo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Goodhue, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wastedo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/