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Burr, Minnesota

Coordinates: 44°44′54″N 96°21′33″W / 44.74833°N 96.35917°W / 44.74833; -96.35917
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Burr, Minnesota
Burr, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Burr, Minnesota
Burr, Minnesota
Burr, Minnesota is located in the United States
Burr, Minnesota
Burr, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°44′54″N 96°21′33″W / 44.74833°N 96.35917°W / 44.74833; -96.35917
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyYellow Medicine
Elevation
1,325 ft (404 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code320
GNIS feature ID640675[1]

Burr is an unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

History

Burr was originally called Stanley, and under the latter name was platted by the railroad in 1886.[2] The current name is for Burr Anderson, an early settler.[2]

A post office was established as Burr in 1894; it was closed in 1953.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Burr". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
  3. ^ "Yellow Medicine County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 February 2015.