Swatara, Minnesota

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Swatara
Unincorporated community
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Swatara
Location of the community of Swatara
within Macville Township, Aitkin County
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Swatara
Swatara (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°53′44″N93°40′27″W / 46.89556°N 93.67417°W / 46.89556; -93.67417 Coordinates: 46°53′44″N93°40′27″W / 46.89556°N 93.67417°W / 46.89556; -93.67417
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Aitkin
Township Macville Township
Elevation
1,299 ft (396 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55785
Area code(s) 218
GNIS feature ID658572 [1]

Swatara is an unincorporated community in Macville Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. Although unincorporated, Swatara has a post office with the ZIP code 55785. [2]

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History

The community at one time was served by the Soo Line Railroad and had a railroad station.

Swatara and neighboring townships were considered as a potential location of the Minnesota Experimental City that was proposed by scientist Athelstan Spilhaus in the 1970s. [3] The city was envisioned to house 250,000 people and would use experimental technologies and methodologies such as moving walkways and monorail systems for transportation and a transparent dome encapsulating the city.

Despite support from state legislature, and prominent companies such as Ford, Boeing, and Honeywell, Aitkin County residents pushed back against the proposed city, citing environmental concerns as well as concerns about changing their way of life. The newly formed Minnesota Pollution Control Agency voted to abandon the project in 1973. [4]

Geography

Swatara is located along Aitkin County Road 7 (610th Street) near the junction with County Road 29 (Osprey Avenue). Nearby places include Hill City, Remer, and Haypoint. U.S. 169 is nearby. Swatara is located in the northwest part of Aitkin County. It is seven miles southwest of Hill City.

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References

  1. ↑ "Swatara, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ↑ Enger, John (7 July 2017). "How a futuristic dome city was nearly built in northern Minnesota". MPR News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Chaduvula, Raju (26 September 2016). "In the 1960s, a former University professor hoped to model a city after a machine". Minnesota Daily. Retrieved 7 July 2017.


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