Willington Grove | |
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  Willington Grove  Willington Grove | |
| Coordinates: 43°34′42″N91°34′45″W / 43.57833°N 91.57917°W Coordinates: 43°34′42″N91°34′45″W / 43.57833°N 91.57917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Houston |
| Elevation | 1,299 ft (396 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 655012 [1] |
Willington Grove is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. [1]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Houston County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 19,027. Its county seat is Caledonia.
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.
