- Dickinson, Minnesota
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Dickinson is a ghost town in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.
Location
Dickinson is located at a bend in Minnesota State Highway 55 on the east side of Wright County, between the cities of Rockford and Buffalo.
History
Dickinson was named for the farmer, A.C. Dickinson, on whose land the townsite was situated. [1] The town had a station of the Soo Line Railroad. [1] Today little trace remains of the town, though the state has erected a sign indicating where the town was, and the dirt streets of the town are still navigable by car. Building foundations are said to remain but are not visible to the naked eye. The town was entirely abandoned by the end of the 1930s.
Notes
- ^ a b Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. pp. pp. 640. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.
Municipalities and communities of Wright County, Minnesota Cities Albertville | Annandale | Buffalo | Clearwater‡ | Cokato | Dayton‡ | Delano | Hanover‡ | Howard Lake | Maple Lake | Monticello | Montrose | Otsego | Rockford‡ | St. Michael | South Haven | Waverly
Townships Albion | Buffalo | Chatham | Clearwater | Cokato | Corinna | Franklin | French Lake | Maple Lake | Marysville | Middleville | Monticello | Rockford | Silver Creek | Southside | Stockholm | Victor | Woodland
Unincorporated
communitySilver Creek
Ghost town Dickinson
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Minnesota geography stubs
- Ghost towns in Minnesota
- Geography of Wright County, Minnesota
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