Wall Lake, Minnesota

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Wall Lake
Unincorporated community
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Wall Lake
Coordinates: 46°17′27″N95°57′53″W / 46.29083°N 95.96472°W / 46.29083; -95.96472
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Otter Tail
Elevation
1,283 ft (391 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID654993 [1]

Wall Lake is an unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

History

A post office was established at Wall Lake in 1870 and was discontinued in 1906. [2] [3] The community took its name from nearby Wall Lake. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wall Lake, Minnesota
  2. ↑ "Otter Tail County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wall Lake Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  399.


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