Place:Taopi, Mower, Minnesota, United States

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameTaopi
Alt namesLaopisource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS27021551
TypeCity
Coordinates43.55°N 92.633°W
Located inMower, Minnesota, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Taopi is a city in Lodi Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 58 at the 2010 census. It is located near the source of the Wapsipinicon River.

[edit]

History

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

The name of the village is derived from "Taopi," the Indian chief who befriended the settlers after the New Ulm massacre. It was platted in 1875 by the Taopi Farming Company in the name of John W. Wood. The first lot was bought by James Olberg and J. Martz opened a furniture store there before moving the operation to Le Roy. Taopi had the largest steam flour mill in southern Minnesota and it could process 300,000 bushels of wheat each year.

The village suffered significant damage from a tornado on April 12, 2022, part of the April 2022 North American storm complex. Two noncritical injuries were reported.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Taopi, Minnesota. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Taopi%2C_Mower%2C_Minnesota%2C_United_States"