Stanton, Minnesota

Last updated

Stanton
USA Minnesota location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Stanton
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Stanton
Coordinates: 44°28′19″N93°01′23″W / 44.47194°N 93.02306°W / 44.47194; -93.02306
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Goodhue
Township Stanton
Elevation
[1]
922 ft (281 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55009
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID652546 [1]

Stanton is an unincorporated community in Stanton Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

Contents

The center of Stanton is generally considered near the junction of State Highway 19 (MN 19) and State Highway 56 (MN 56). Nearby places include Northfield, Dennison, Randolph, and Cannon Falls.

Stanton is located seven miles east of Northfield. Stanton is six miles north-northeast of Dennison; and seven miles west-southwest of Cannon Falls.

Stanton is near the northwest corner of Goodhue County, and immediately adjacent to Dakota County. Rice County is also nearby.

Community

Prairie Creek and the Little Cannon River both flow through the community. The Cannon River and Lake Byllesby are nearby.

The community is served by an airport, Stanton Airfield, with two grass-surfaced runways. The runways are plowed in the winter. The airport serves the sport aviation community, with a notable volume of glider, classic aircraft, and Sport Pilot activity. The airport was previously known as Carleton Airport, and still appears with that name on some maps, due to its prior association with Carleton College.

Stanton Airfield is also home of the Minnesota Soaring Club, the largest soaring club in the upper Midwest. Over 25 gliders are based at Stanton Airfield. Soaring takes place primarily on weekends from mid April through November.

Despite its small size, the airport was used by U.S. president Bill Clinton, who arrived there by helicopter for a commencement address at Carleton College in 2000.

Stanton Airfield was designated a historic site in November 2004. It has been in continuous use for flight training since April 1942, when it was used to train pilots during World War II. Stanton Airfield also has a Link Trainer, one of the first flight simulators, used to train World War II pilots.

A post office previously operated in Stanton. The post office closed in the 1970s due to federal budget cuts.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rice County, Minnesota</span> County in Minnesota, United States

Rice County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,097. Its county seat is Faribault.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goodhue County, Minnesota</span> County in Minnesota, United States

Goodhue County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,582. Its county seat is Red Wing. Nearly all of Prairie Island Indian Community is within the county.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Randolph, Minnesota</span> City in Minnesota, United States

Randolph is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 436 at the 2010 census.

Stanton Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,130 at the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northfield, Minnesota</span> City in Minnesota, United States

Northfield is a city in Dakota and Rice counties in the State of Minnesota. It is mostly in Rice County, with a small portion in Dakota County. The population was 20,790 at the 2020 census. Northfield is 40 miles south of the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul and is an exurb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aberdeen Regional Airport</span> Airport in Brown County, South Dakota

Aberdeen Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles east of the central business district of Aberdeen, a city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation with Delta Connection as its sole commercial airline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minnesota State Highway 56</span> State highway in Minnesota, United States

Minnesota State Highway 56 (MN 56) is a 99.121-mile-long (159.520 km) highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 63 near the Iowa state line and Chester, Iowa, and continues north to its northern terminus at its junction with U.S. Highway 52 and State Highway 50 in Hampton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minnesota State Highway 19</span> State highway in Minnesota, United States

Minnesota State Highway 19 is a 207.877-mile-long (334.546 km) highway in southern Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 30 at the South Dakota state line near Ivanhoe and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Red Wing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denton Enterprise Airport</span> Airport in Denton County, Texas

Denton Enterprise Airport, also known as Denton Airport and previously Denton Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Denton, a city in Denton County, Texas, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spencer Municipal Airport</span> Airport in Clay County, Iowa

Spencer Municipal Airport, also known as Northwest Iowa Regional Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Spencer, a city in Clay County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the City of Spencer.

Arcadia Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of the central business district of the city of Arcadia in DeSoto County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crookston Municipal Airport</span> Airport in Polk County, Minnesota

Crookston Municipal Airport, also known as Kirkwood Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Crookston, a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.

Hader is an unincorporated community in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hobbs Army Airfield</span> Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico

Hobbs Army Airfield was an airfield used during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces Air Training Command as part of the Western Flight Training Center. It is located in the vicinity of Hobbs, New Mexico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanton Airfield</span> Airport

Stanton Airfield is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Stanton, in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The airport is privately owned by Stanton Sport Aviation, Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Douthitt Strip</span> Airport in California

Douthitt Strip is a privately owned, private use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of El Centro, a city in Imperial County, California, United States.

Monticello Field is a former airport and military airfield in Big Lake Township, Minnesota, United States, approximately a mile northeast of Monticello. It is inactive.

Zbraslavice Airport is located 1,5 km North of the small city of Zbraslavice, near the main motorway nr. 126. between the city of Zbraslavice and Štipoklasy village in Central Bohemia. The airfield may be used by light aircraft, helicopters, gliders and ultralights. The keeper is civic society Aeroclub Zbraslavice. Zbraslavice airport is the synonym for superior gliding conditions among pilots and fans of aviation sports worldwide. Therefore, the airport is a place where a number of national and international competitions is held and a lot of pilots from the Czech Republic use the airfield as training base.

Sogn is an unincorporated community in Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victorville Army Airfield auxiliary fields</span> US WWII airfield

Victorville Army Airfield auxiliary fields were four airfields used during World War II to support the Victorville Army Airfield pilot training near Victorville, California, and Adelanto, California. After the war the Victorville Army Airfield was renamed George Air Force Base on January 13, 1948. The airfields were built in 1941 by the United States Army Air Corps just before the war. Victorville Army Airfield covered 2,200-acre in the Mojave Desert. The US Army held a groundbreaking ceremony on 12 July 1941. The base, called Victorville Army Flying School, was ready to use before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Army built four runways in a triangle configuration, with one runway down the middle of the triangle. Seven hangars were built to support operation. On April 23, 1943, the base was renamed Victorville Army Airfield.

References

  1. 1 2 "Stanton, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.