Baroda | |
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  Baroda  Baroda | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′15″N93°40′30″W / 43.72083°N 93.67500°W Coordinates: 43°43′15″N93°40′30″W / 43.72083°N 93.67500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Faribault |
| Elevation | 1,184 ft (361 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 654587 [1] |
Baroda is an unincorporated community in Clark Township, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
Rice County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,097. Its county seat is Faribault.
Faribault County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth.
Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River. The population was 3,174 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Faribault County. It is home to a statue of the Jolly Green Giant. Additionally, Interstate 90 is centered on Blue Earth, as the east and west construction teams met here in 1978. As a tribute, there is a golden stripe of concrete on the interstate near Blue Earth. This draws an analogy to the golden spike set in the first transcontinental railroad.
Faribault is a city in, and the county seat of, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
The Cannon River a tributary of the Mississippi River flows 112 miles (180 km) from Shields Lake near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately 1460 square miles (3,780 km²) in size. The river flows through the counties of Le Sueur, Rice, Dakota, and Goodhue.
The Blue Earth River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 108 miles (174 km) long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Two of its headwaters tributaries, the Middle Branch Blue Earth River and the West Branch Blue Earth River, also flow for short distances in northern Iowa. By volume, it is the Minnesota River's largest tributary, accounting for 46% of the Minnesota's flow at the rivers' confluence in Mankato. Via the Minnesota River, the Blue Earth River is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 3,486 square miles (9,030 km2) in an agricultural region. Ninety percent of the river's watershed is in Minnesota. It is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated Water Trail.
James Beach Wakefield was a United States Representative from Minnesota.
Minnesota State Highway 21 (MN 21) is a 38.370-mile-long (61.751 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 60 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in Jordan, southwest of Shakopee.
Minnesota State Highway 254 was a 4.796-mile-long (7.718 km) highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Faribault County Road 17 in the city of Frost and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Emerald Township, 8 miles east of Blue Earth.
The Alexander Faribault House is a historic house museum in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1853, it was the first wood-frame house constructed in Rice County, Minnesota. It was built by fur trader Alexander Faribault in the Greek Revival style. Besides serving as a house, it also served as a civic center, polling place, and a church. The local address of the house is 12 First Avenue, Faribault, MN. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Huntley is an unincorporated community in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. Huntley is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Winnebago. Huntley has a post office with ZIP code 56047.
The Sibley Historic Site is the site of Henry Hastings Sibley's home, who was the regional manager of the American Fur Company and Minnesota's first governor. It is one of the 26 historical sites that are operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. Located in what is now the city of Mendota, the site consists of four limestone buildings and a large lawn area. Three of the buildings are open for touring, including a fur company cold store from 1843 and the 1840 home of fur trader and hotelier Jean-Baptiste Faribault.
Millersburg is an unincorporated community in Forest Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
Shieldsville is an unincorporated community in Shieldsville Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
John R. Jasinski is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 24 in southeastern Minnesota.
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Pilot Grove is an unincorporated community in Pilot Grove Township, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.
Dell is an unincorporated community in Emerald Township, Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.