Claybank, Minnesota

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Coordinates: 44°26′30″N92°37′55″W / 44.44167°N 92.63194°W / 44.44167; -92.63194 Coordinates: 44°26′30″N92°37′55″W / 44.44167°N 92.63194°W / 44.44167; -92.63194
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Goodhue
Township Goodhue
Elevation
1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55027
Area code 651
GNIS feature ID654645 [1]

Claybank is an unincorporated community in Goodhue Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located near the junction of County 6 Boulevard and 350th Street. State Highway 58 (MN 58) is nearby. Nearby communities include Goodhue, Ryan, White Rock, Vasa, Belvidere Mills, and Hay Creek.

It was once a station on the former Chicago Great Western Railway between Red Wing and Rochester, Minnesota. [2] Rail spurs extended two miles to the east to clay pits, where clay was mined and shipped by rail to the stoneware industry of Red Wing. [3] [4] A post office was established as Claybank in 1890, and remained in operation until 1904. [5]

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References

  1. "Claybank, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Chicago and Great Western timetable, Randolph and Osage, Traveler's Railway Guide, Western Section (March 1903), p. 74
  3. 1894 Partial plat of Goodhue Township showing Claybank and locations of clay mining properties
  4. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  206.
  5. "Goodhue County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 June 2015.