Riceford, Minnesota

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Riceford
Unincorporated community
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Riceford
Coordinates: 43°34′34″N91°43′37″W / 43.57611°N 91.72694°W / 43.57611; -91.72694
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Houston
Elevation
1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID650057 [1]

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

History

A post office was established at Riceford in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. [2] The community was named for Henry Mower Rice, a Minnesota Territory politician who forded Riceford Creek at this place in the 1850s. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford, Minnesota
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  239.
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