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Pokegama, Minnesota

Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 93°02′54″W / 45.82167°N 93.04833°W / 45.82167; -93.04833
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Pokegama
Bakegamaang
Pokegama is located in Minnesota
Pokegama
Pokegama
Location of the community of Pokegama
within Pokegama Township, Pine County
Pokegama is located in the United States
Pokegama
Pokegama
Pokegama (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 93°02′54″W / 45.82167°N 93.04833°W / 45.82167; -93.04833
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyPine
TownshipPokegama Township
Elevation
932 ft (284 m)
Population
 • Total70
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55030 and 55063
Area code320
GNIS feature ID649613[1]

Pokegama (/pəˈkɛɡɒˌmɑː/) is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.[2]

History

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Originally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.[3]

As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pokegama, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ MnDOT Pokegama Township Map, 2016
  3. ^ Cordes, Jim (1989). Pine County ... and its memories. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
  4. ^ Monthly State Minimum/Maximum Extremes, 2004