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==History== Delano was [[plat]]ted in 1868, and named after [[Francis Roach Delano]], a railroad official.<ref name="Upham 587">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n604 587]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Delano since 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wright |title=Wright County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=1 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122115736/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wright |archive-date=22 November 2015 }}</ref> Delano was incorporated in 1876.<ref name="Upham 587" />
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