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Bernadotte, Minnesota

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Coordinates: 44°27′19″N 94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°W / 44.45528; -94.30111
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Bernadotte, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Bernadotte, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Bernadotte, Minnesota
Bernadotte, Minnesota
Location of the community of Bernadotte
within Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County
Bernadotte, Minnesota is located in the United States
Bernadotte, Minnesota
Bernadotte, Minnesota
Bernadotte, Minnesota (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°27′19″N 94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°W / 44.45528; -94.30111
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyNicollet
TownshipBernadotte Township
Elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56054
Area code507
GNIS feature ID639970[1]

Bernadotte is an unincorporated community in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near Lafayette. The community is located near the junction of Nicollet County Roads 1 and 10.

Bernadotte is the home of Historic Marker: Bernadotte Lutheran Church[2] and Historic Marker: Bernadotte Co-op Creamery.[3]

Bernadotte is also the home of the world's largest collection of cow-related items, amassed by local celebrity and resident Ruth Klossner.[4] This record was officially approved by Guinness World Records on June 9, 2015.[5]

History

A post office called Bernadotte was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904.[6] The community was named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and founder of the House of Bernadotte.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Bernadotte, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Historic Markers: Bernadotte Lutheran Church".
  3. ^ "Historic Markers – Bernadotte Co-op Creamery".
  4. ^ "Largest collection of cow-related items: Ruth Klossner breaks Guinness World Records' record". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  5. ^ "Largest collection of cow-related items". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  6. ^ "Nicollet County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 372.


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