Freeborn Lake

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Freeborn Lake
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Freeborn Lake
Location Douglas County, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°47′40″N95°37′2″W / 45.79444°N 95.61722°W / 45.79444; -95.61722 Coordinates: 45°47′40″N95°37′2″W / 45.79444°N 95.61722°W / 45.79444; -95.61722
Type lake

Freeborn Lake is the name given to one of two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The larger of these, covering an area of 2,222 acres, is in Freeborn County, in south-central Minnesota, along the Iowa border. The smaller, covering 248 acres, is in Douglas County, in west-central Minnesota. [1]

Both lakes, along with Freeborn County, Minnesota and Freeborn, Minnesota, a small town in the northwest corner of the county, were named for John Freeborn, a pioneer and later businessman and state legislator. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Freeborn Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  181.

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