Coopers Corner, Minnesota

Coopers Corner is a former village, now a community within the city of East Bethel in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Location

Coopers Corner is located at the intersection of Minnesota State Highway 65 and 237th Avenue within the city of East Bethel, Minnesota.

History

The site of Coopers Corner is the original townsite of Bethel. Bethel was settled in 1856 by Quaker immigrants from the east and received its post office in 1865, but when the Great Northern Railway bypassed the town in 1898 almost the entire town was moved about two miles to the west, relocating to be on the new rail line. Storekeepter James Cooper remained in business at the old location, the site coming known thereafter as Cooper's Corner. ^[1] The village has now been absorbed by the city of East Bethel, but since the area is not yet urbanized, the site is still readily identifiable as Cooper's Corner.

Transportation

• Minnesota State Highway 65

Notes

1. ^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. pp. pp. 608. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. 

External links

• Coopers Corner on Mapquest

Coordinates: 45°23′57″N 93°14′05″W / 45.39917°N 93.23472°W / 45.39917; -93.23472