| Glendorado, Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Glendorado, Minnesota Location of the community of Glendorado within Glendorado Township, Benton County  Glendorado, Minnesota Glendorado, Minnesota (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′41″N93°46′11″W / 45.57806°N 93.76972°W Coordinates: 45°34′41″N93°46′11″W / 45.57806°N 93.76972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Benton |
| Township | Glendorado Township |
| Elevation | 1,030 ft (310 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 56329 and 55371 |
| Area code(s) | 320 and 763 |
| GNIS feature ID | 644180 [1] |
Glendorado is an unincorporated community in Glendorado Township, Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of Benton County Roads 9 and 87, Glendorado Road. State Highway 95 (MN 95) is also in the immediate area. Nearby places include Foley, Princeton, and Santiago.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Glendorado Township is a township in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 762 as of the 2010 census.
Benton County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 38,451. Its county seat is Foley. Established in 1849 and organized in 1850, the county is one of the oldest in Minnesota. It was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a United States Senator from Missouri.
