Welch | |
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Coordinates: 44°34′06″N92°44′19″W / 44.56833°N 92.73861°W Coordinates: 44°34′06″N92°44′19″W / 44.56833°N 92.73861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Goodhue |
Township | Welch |
Elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 55089 |
Area code(s) | 651 |
GNIS feature ID | 653897 [1] |
Welch is an unincorporated community in Welch Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located along County 7 Boulevard near Highway 61. The Cannon River flows through the community. Also, the Canyon Valley Trail (CVT) which goes from Cannon Falls to Red Wing goes through the village.
Nearby places include Hastings and Red Wing. Welch is located 36 miles southeast of Saint Paul.
Welch is located within ZIP code 55089.
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.
Red Wing is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,459 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Goodhue County.
Welch Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. It lies about halfway between the cities of Hastings and Red Wing and 36 miles southeast of Saint Paul. The population was 697 at the 2000 census. It is centered on the small community of Welch on the Cannon River. Like many river towns in the Driftless Area, it is situated at the base of the steep bluffs of the river valley.
Prairie Island Indian Community is a Mdewakanton Sioux Indian reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River. Most of the reservation now lies within the city of Red Wing, which developed after this land was set aside.
The Cannon River a tributary of the Mississippi River flows 112 miles (180 km) from Shields Lake near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately 1460 square miles (3,780 km²) in size. The river flows through the counties of Le Sueur, Rice, Dakota, and Goodhue.
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The Cannon Valley Trail is a paved rail trail that follows the Cannon River in southeast Minnesota. The trail follows an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway corridor for 20 miles (32 km) between Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Red Wing, Minnesota. In the spring, summer, and fall months, the trail is open to hiking, biking, and inline skating. In the winter months, the trail is groomed for cross-country skiing.
Minnesota State Highway 19 is a 207.877-mile-long (334.546 km) highway in southwest and southeast 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.
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