Editing Minden, Iowa (section)

==History==
It has had a post office since 1875.<ref>[http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Pottawattamie&searchtext=&pagenum=2] Post Offices in Pottawattamie County, Iowa</ref>

On April 26, 2024, Minden was hit by [[Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024#Minden–Tennant–Harlan–Defiance, Iowa|a large EF3 wedge tornado]], as part of a much larger tornado outbreak that affected the Great Plains region. A single fatality and 4 injuries were reported, and the city suffered extensive damage, with estimates of 40 to 50 homes destroyed, and some structures deemed completely lost. This came 48 years after a similarly destructive F4 tornado ripped through the town in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mendiola |first1=José |last2=Sitter |first2=Phillip |title=Tornado outbreak batters Iowa. Small town of Minden smashed for second time in 50 years |url=https://www.aol.com/tornado-outbreak-batters-iowa-small-205338010.html |website=AOL |access-date=30 April 2024 |date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ketv.com/article/minden-iowa-sees-mass-destruction-caused-by-tornado/60623276|title=Nearly half of Minden, Iowa, sees mass destruction caused by tornado tearing through town|date=April 27, 2024|website=KETV|accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>