Iberia, Minnesota

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Iberia
Unincorporated community
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Iberia
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Iberia
Coordinates: 44°14′21″N94°41′43″W / 44.23917°N 94.69528°W / 44.23917; -94.69528
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Brown
Elevation
1,010 ft (310 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID654764 [1]

Iberia is an unincorporated community in Brown County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

A post office was established at Iberia in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1893. [2] The community was named after the Iberian Peninsula. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iberia, Minnesota
  2. ↑ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  70.
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