Bernadotte, Minnesota

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Bernadotte
Unincorporated community
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Bernadotte
Location of the community of Bernadotte
within Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County
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Bernadotte
Bernadotte (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°27′19″N94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°W / 44.45528; -94.30111
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Nicollet
Township Bernadotte Township
Elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56054
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID639970 [1]

Bernadotte is an unincorporated community in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near Lafayette. The community is located near the junction of Nicollet County Roads 1 and 10.

Bernadotte is the home of Historic Marker: Bernadotte Lutheran Church [2] and Historic Marker: Bernadotte Co-op Creamery. [3]

Bernadotte is also the home of the world's largest collection of cow-related items, amassed by local celebrity and resident Ruth Klossner. [4] This record was officially approved by Guinness World Records on June 9, 2015. [5]

History

A post office called Bernadotte was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904. [6] The community was named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and founder of the House of Bernadotte. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bernadotte, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Historic Markers: Bernadotte Lutheran Church".
  3. ↑ "Historic Markers – Bernadotte Co-op Creamery".
  4. ↑ "Largest collection of cow-related items: Ruth Klossner breaks Guinness World Records' record". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Largest collection of cow-related items" . Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nicollet County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  372.


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