Bear Valley | |
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Coordinates: 44°18′12″N92°28′39″W / 44.30333°N 92.47750°W Coordinates: 44°18′12″N92°28′39″W / 44.30333°N 92.47750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Wabasha County |
Township | Chester Township |
Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 55956 and 55041 |
Area code(s) | 507 |
GNIS feature ID | 654590 [1] |
Bear Valley is an unincorporated community in Chester Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located along Wabasha County Road 3 near Zumbro Falls. Cold Creek, a valley tributary of the nearby Zumbro River, flows through the community. 635th Street, 638th Street, and County Road 68 are also in the immediate area. Other nearby places include Zumbro Falls, Mazeppa, Oak Center, Lake City, and Bellechester.
A post office called Bear Valley was established in 1857, and remained in operation until 1902. [2] The community was so named on account of a bear sighting by early settlers in the valley. [3]
The Grange association at Bear Valley was one of the earliest in Minnesota, established in 1870. The Bear Valley Grange Hall was built in 1874. [4]
Wabasha County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 21,676. Its county seat is Wabasha.
The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is 64.6 miles (104.0 km) long from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a watershed of 1,428 square miles (3,700 km2). The river's name in English is a change from its French name Rivière des Embarras due to its mouth near Pine Island in the Mississippi River; the pronunciation changed from [dez‿ɑ̃.ba.ʁɑ] to. The Dakota name for this river is Wapka Wazi Oju, having reference to the grove of great white pines at Pine Island.
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South Troy is an unincorporated community in Zumbro Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 63 about 13 miles north of Rochester. Nearby places include Hammond, Zumbro Falls, Mazeppa, Potsdam, and Oronoco. Wabasha County Roads 7 and 11 are nearby.
Bridge 5827 is a historic arch bridge in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, United States, built in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration using a modular corrugated iron product called Multi Plate. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bridge No. 5827–Zumbro Falls in 1998 for having state-level significance in the theme of engineering. It was nominated as an example of Minnesota's stone-faced Multi Plate bridges with particularly fine masonry.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabasha County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wabasha 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.
Maple Springs is an unincorporated community in Pepin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, along the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. The Mississippi River and King Creek meet at Maple Springs.
Reads Landing is an unincorporated community in Pepin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, along the Mississippi River.
The Bear Valley Grange Hall is a historic meeting hall in Chester Township, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1874 for the exclusive use of a local chapter of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, an early farmers' advocacy group and fraternal organization. The chapter folded in the 1880s and the building has been used since as the Chester Town Hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 for having local significance in the theme of social history. It was nominated for being the only surviving Grange hall in Wabasha County—and one of only a few in Minnesota—and a rare example of a purpose-built Grange hall, as most chapters met in existing spaces like schools.
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Wasioja is an unincorporated community in Wasioja Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of Dodge County Roads 9 and 16. The South Branch Middle Fork of the Zumbro River and Dodge Center Creek meet at Wasioja. Nearby places include Dodge Center, Mantorville, and Kasson.
Oslo is an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States, near Hayfield. The community is located near the junction of State Highway 30 and Dodge County Road 13. The South Fork of the Zumbro River flows nearby.
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Concord is an unincorporated community in Concord Township, Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of Dodge County Road 24 and 201st Avenue. County Roads 9 and 22 are also in the immediate area. The Middle Fork of the Zumbro River flows through the community. Nearby places include West Concord, Berne, and Wasioja.
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