Lorne, Minnesota

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Lorne
Unincorporated community
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Lorne
Coordinates: 44°44′46″N95°34′28″W / 44.74611°N 95.57444°W / 44.74611; -95.57444
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Yellow Medicine
Elevation
1,050 ft (320 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 320
GNIS feature ID654805 [1]

Lorne is an unincorporated community in Minnesota Falls Township, Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

Lorne was laid out in 1898, and named for Marquess of Lorne, a Governor General of Canada (1878–1883). [2] A post office was established at Lorne in 1905, and remained in operation until 1935. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lorne". 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.  595.
  3. ↑ "Yellow Medicine County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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