Croftville, Minnesota

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Croftville
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Croftville
Location of the community of Croftville
within Cook County
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Croftville
Croftville (the United States)
Coordinates: 47°45′54″N90°16′32″W / 47.76500°N 90.27556°W / 47.76500; -90.27556
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Cook
Elevation
627 ft (191 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID655875 [1]

Croftville is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

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The community is located three miles northeast of the city of Grand Marais on Minnesota Highway 61.

Highway 61 and County Road 87 (Croftville Road) are two of the main routes in the community.

History

Croftville, which thrived in the early 1900s, was first settled by Peter Olsen and brothers Charles and Joe Croft, from whom the community got its name. [2]

Education

All of the county is zoned to Cook County ISD 166. [3]

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. Minnesota Place Names Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine . Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-7-13.
  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cook County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 12, 2021.