| Flour Lake | |
|---|---|
  Flour Lake | |
| Location | Cook County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 48°3′13″N90°23′7″W / 48.05361°N 90.38528°W Coordinates: 48°3′13″N90°23′7″W / 48.05361°N 90.38528°W |
| Type | lake |
Flour Lake is a lake in Cook County, Minnesota, in the United States. [1]
Flour Lake was named from the fact government surveyors left a supply of flour there. [2]
Lake Crystal is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. Established in May 1869. The population was 2,549 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Freeport is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 632 at the 2010 census. Freeport is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.
New Prague is a city in Scott and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 7,321 at the 2010 census.
Lake Itasca is a small glacial lake approximately 1.8 square miles in area. It is notable for being the headwaters of the Mississippi River, and is located in southeastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north central Minnesota. The lake is within Itasca State Park and has an average depth of 20 to 35 feet (6–11 m), and is 1,475 ft (450 m) above sea level.
The Cannon River a tributary of the Mississippi River flows 112 miles (180 km) from Lake Tetonka near Waterville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately 1460 square miles (3,780 km²) in size. The river flows through the counties of Le Sueur, Rice, Dakota, and Goodhue.
Bachelor Lake is a lake in Brown County, Minnesota in the northeastern part of Stark township. Covering 79.80 acres, it is an officially protected water of the State of Minnesota. The lake is within the Cottonwood River Major Watershed. The lake’s elevation is 1,004 feet (306 m), and it is zoned as a shoreland area which is regulated as a shoreland management water.
Temperance River State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located between the communities of Schroeder and Tofte on Highway 61 on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It has campsites, picnic areas, and hiking trails on both sides of the Temperance River.
The Straight River is a tributary of the Cannon River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long, in southeastern Minnesota, United States. Via the Cannon River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of approximately 450 square miles (1,200 km2) in an agricultural region.
Minneapolis is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The origin and growth of the city was spurred by the proximity of Fort Snelling, the first major United States military presence in the area, and by its location on Saint Anthony Falls, which provided power for sawmills and flour mills.
Charles Morgridge Loring was an American businessman, miller and publicist. Raised in Maine to be a sea captain, Loring instead became a civic leader in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he was a wealthy flour miller and in Riverside, California where he helped to build the first city hall. He was a popular and generous man who enjoyed many friendships and business associations.
Fairbanks is an unincorporated community in Fairbanks Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States; located within the Superior National Forest.
Terrebonne is a former townsite on the Clearwater River in Terrebonne Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. In 1901, the village of Terrebonne was the site of a thriving flour mill, a cheese factory, a blacksmith shop, a general store and an "eating place", the latter operated by Mrs. Lajeunesse, in addition to a number of residences. In 1920, it was reported to have as many as 119 residents. The St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, founded in the spring of 1879, was closed in 2000, and burned down on April 29th, 2016. The other establishments of the town have long since disappeared. The flour mill burned down in 1915, was rebuilt, and burned down for good on July 4, 1954. The area was settled by farmers primarily of French-Canadian descent, and remains at the center of an extremely rural farming community.
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Skibo is an unincorporated community in Bassett Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Faith is an unincorporated community in Northwestern Minnesota dating back to around 1868. It is located 7 miles (11 km) from Mahnomen, Minnesota and 65 miles (105 km) from Fargo, North Dakota.
Leavenworth is an unincorporated community located in Leavenworth Township in Brown County, Minnesota. The elevation is 1,004 feet. It was situated on two locations in Brown County, one before the Dakota War of 1862, and in section 27 of the township along the Cottonwood River after the war.
Bee is an unincorporated community in Wilmington Township, Houston County, Minnesota, United States.
Fairhaven is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fair Haven Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 358 as of the 2010 census.
Wall Lake is an unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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