Manitoba Junction, Minnesota

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Manitoba Junction
Unincorporated community
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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
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