Klondyke, Minnesota

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Klondyke
Location of Klondyke
within Irondale Township, Crow Wing County
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Klondyke
Klondyke (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°26′30″N93°57′58″W / 46.44167°N 93.96611°W / 46.44167; -93.96611
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Crow Wing
Township Irondale Township
Elevation
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1,270 ft (390 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56455
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID654779 [1]

Klondyke is an unincorporated community in Irondale Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The community lies just south of County Route 12 and on the north shore of Lookout Lake. It lies approximately three miles south of Crosby and Ironton. [2]

A post office called Klondike was in operation from 1897 until 1907. [3] The name is an allusion to the Klondike Gold Rush, as Crow Wing County is also a mining region. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Klondyke, Minnesota
  2. Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 9th ed., 2016, p. 54 ISBN   0899333338
  3. "Crow Wing County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  4. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  158.