Willow Creek, Minnesota

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Coordinates: 43°53′41″N94°16′07″W / 43.89472°N 94.26861°W / 43.89472; -94.26861 Coordinates: 43°53′41″N94°16′07″W / 43.89472°N 94.26861°W / 43.89472; -94.26861
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Blue Earth
Elevation
1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 507
GNIS feature ID655013 [1]

Willow Creek is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2]

Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Township in Minnesota, United States

Pleasant Mound Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 235 as of the 2000 census.

Blue Earth County, Minnesota County in the United States

Blue Earth County is a county in the State of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato. The county is named for the Blue Earth River and for the deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the banks of the Blue Earth River.

Minnesota State of the United States of America

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.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Willow Creek, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Minnesota Department of Transportation-Blue Earth County


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