Reads Landing, Minnesota

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Reads Landing
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Reads Landing
Reads Landing (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°24′08″N92°04′45″W / 44.40222°N 92.07917°W / 44.40222; -92.07917
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Wabasha County
Township Pepin Township
Elevation
709 ft (216 m)
Population
 (2014)
  Total164
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55968
Area code 651
GNIS feature ID649857 [1]

Reads Landing is an unincorporated community in Pepin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, along the Mississippi River. The community is located between Lake City and Wabasha along U.S. Highway 61 at the junction with Wabasha County Road 77 and near Wabasha, Lake City, Camp Lacupolis, and Maple Springs. Reads Landing is located within section 24 of Pepin Township.

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1870 782
1880 579−26.0%
1890 446−23.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [2]

History

Reads Landing was platted in 1856. [3] Around 1878, the community had various commercial and transportation buildings, but later those businesses moved to Wabasha. [4] The post office began in 1850 and still operates today. At one time, Reads Landing was considered a possible site for the Minnesota state capital. [5]

The community contains one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1870 Reads Landing School. [6] The school building now houses the Wabasha County Historical Society Museum. [7]

Transportation

Amtrak’s Empire Builder , which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Red Wing, 27 miles (43 km) to the northwest.

Notable people

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References

  1. "Reads Landing, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  558.
  4. Minnesota Place Names–Reads Landing
  5. Wurzer, Cathy (2008). Tales of the Road: Highway 61 . St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p.  105. ISBN   0-87351-626-5 . Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  6. "Minnesota National Register Properties Database". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  7. "Wabasha County Historical Society Museum". Wabasha County Historical Society. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  8. University of WisconsinStout James Huff Stout