Bratsberg, Minnesota

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Bratsberg
Unincorporated community
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MN-43 runs through town
Norway Town Hall pictured in upper left
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Bratsberg
Coordinates: 43°44′06″N91°46′14″W / 43.73500°N 91.77056°W / 43.73500; -91.77056
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Fillmore
Elevation
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1,214 ft (370 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID640442 [1]

Bratsberg is an unincorporated community in Fillmore County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

A post office was established at Bratsberg in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [2] The community was named after the township of Bratsberg, in Skien, Norway. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bratsberg, Minnesota
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bratsberg Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  191.


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