Schroeder, Minnesota

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Schroeder, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse
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Schroeder, Minnesota
Location of the community of Schroeder
within Schroeder Township, Cook County
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Schroeder, Minnesota
Schroeder, Minnesota (the United States)
Coordinates: 47°32′40″N90°53′31″W / 47.54444°N 90.89194°W / 47.54444; -90.89194
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
County Cook
Township Schroeder
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
55613
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID658185 [1]

Schroeder is an unincorporated community in Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

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The community is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Cross River flows through the center, or middle of Schroeder.

Schroeder is located 30 miles (48 km) southwest of the city of Grand Marais; and 53 miles (85 km) northeast of the city of Two Harbors.

Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a main route in the community.

Temperance River State Park and the Superior Hiking Trail are both nearby.

History

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The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder

The community was named for John Schroeder, a lumber baron. [2] The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, stands near the town. It is the last remaining structure of a logging camp that existed from 1895 through 1905.

At the mouth of the Cross River is the place where Frederic Baraga safely washed ashore on a boat during a storm in 1846. In thanks he left a cross, now replaced by a granite one.

Education

The entire county is served by Cook County Independent School District 166 (ISD 166). [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schroeder, Minnesota
  2. ↑ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 137.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cook County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 12, 2021.


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