Manitoba Junction, Minnesota

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Manitoba Junction
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Manitoba Junction
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Manitoba Junction
Coordinates: 46°54′24″N96°14′51″W / 46.90667°N 96.24750°W / 46.90667; -96.24750
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Clay
Elevation
1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID654812 [1]

Manitoba Junction is an unincorporated community in Highland Grove Township, Clay County, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2] It is named for a railroad junction of the Northern Pacific Railway, where a branch to Winnipeg joined the main line. These tracks are now owned by BNSF Railway. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Manitoba Junction, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Minnesota Department of Transportation-Highland Grove Township
  3. "Northern Pacific Railway". Official Guide of the Railways . New York City: National Railway Publishing Company. June 1941. p. 1058.
Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station
Hawley
toward Seattle or Tacoma
Main Line Dale
toward St. Paul
Hitterdal
toward Winnipeg
Winnipeg  St. Paul Detroit Lakes
toward St. Paul