Groningen, Minnesota

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Groningen
Unincorporated community
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Groningen
Location of the community of Groningen
within Dell Grove Township, Pine County
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Groningen
Groningen (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°09′03″N92°55′27″W / 46.15083°N 92.92417°W / 46.15083; -92.92417
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Pine
Township Dell Grove Township
Elevation
1,129 ft (344 m)
Population
 • Total30
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55072
Area code 320
GNIS feature ID644490 [1]

Groningen is an unincorporated community in Dell Grove Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located immediately northwest of Sandstone; near the intersection of Pine County 35, Pine County 28 (Groningen Road), and the former Northern Pacific Railway (now the Willard Munger State Trail).

History

Located in the northeast corner of Dell Grove Township, Groningen is named after a northeast province of the Netherlands and that province's eponymous capital city. [2] The community was originally known as Miller Station. When it had a post office, it was known as Belknap from 1877 to 1881, and then Groningen, from 1896 to 1913, and again from 1917 to 1954.

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References

  1. ↑ "Groningen, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 412.


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