Cambria, Minnesota

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Cambria
Coordinates: 44°14′19″N94°18′52″W / 44.23861°N 94.31444°W / 44.23861; -94.31444
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Blue Earth
Elevation
807 ft (246 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID640787 [1]

Cambria is an unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

Cambira was platted in 1900. [2] The community took its name from Cambria Township. [2]

A post office was established at Cambria in 1881, closed in 1882, reopened in 1901, and closed permanently in 1967. [3]

Cambria Creamery, Mankato, Minnesota Cambria Creamery, Mankato, Minnesota.jpg
Cambria Creamery, Mankato, Minnesota

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cambria, Minnesota
  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. 50.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cambria Post Office (historical)