Fernando, Minnesota

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Fernando, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Fernando
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Fernando
Coordinates: 44°39′06″N94°27′28″W / 44.65167°N 94.45778°W / 44.65167; -94.45778
Country United States
State Minnesota
County McLeod
Township Round Grove
Elevation
1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55385
Area code 320
GNIS feature ID643613 [1]

Fernando is an unincorporated community in Round Grove Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, near Stewart and Brownton. The community is located near the junction of McLeod County Roads 7 and 17.

The community had a post office from 1899 to 1903. Unusually, Fernando's post office was located in the creamery, with the buttermaker, Ferdinand W. Fenske, acting as postmaster. The community was near a station along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fernando, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 359. ISBN   0-87351-396-7. Retrieved September 29, 2007.


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