Yucatan, Minnesota

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Coordinates: 43°40′50″N91°41′20″W / 43.68056°N 91.68889°W / 43.68056; -91.68889 Coordinates: 43°40′50″N91°41′20″W / 43.68056°N 91.68889°W / 43.68056; -91.68889
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Houston
Elevation
748 ft (228 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 507
GNIS feature ID655029 [1]

Yucatan is an unincorporated community in Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota, United States. [1]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

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.

Yucatan Township, Houston County, Minnesota Township in Minnesota, United States

Yucatan Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 351 at the 2000 census.

Houston County, Minnesota County in the United States

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.

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  1. 1 2 "Yucatan, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.


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