Whitewater Falls, Minnesota facts for kids

Whitewater Falls is a place in Winona County, Minnesota, where a town used to be. It's often called an "abandoned townsite" because people no longer live there. It was located in a part of Whitewater Township.

The Story of Whitewater Falls

The town of Whitewater Falls had a special building called a post office. This post office was open from 1856 until 1899. A post office is where people send and receive letters and packages.

The town got its name from a nearby river, the Whitewater River. Rivers often give names to towns and places around them.

A person named Clark William Trisler lived in Whitewater Falls with his family. He was born in 1840 and passed away in 1921. Clark Trisler was a farmer, but he also became a "state legislator" for Minnesota. This means he was a person who helped make laws for the state.