Burr, Minnesota

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Burr
Unincorporated community
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Burr
Coordinates: 44°44′54″N96°21′33″W / 44.74833°N 96.35917°W / 44.74833; -96.35917
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Yellow Medicine
Elevation
1,325 ft (404 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID640675 [1]

Burr is an unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

Burr was originally called Stanley, and under the latter name was platted by the railroad in 1886. [2] The current name is for Burr Anderson, an early settler. [2]

A post office was established in Burr in 1894; it was closed in 1953. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Burr". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
  3. ↑ "Yellow Medicine County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 17, 2015.


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