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11 unusual facts about Goodhue County


Cherry Grove, Oregon

His cousin then suggested the name of her home of Cherry Grove, Minnesota.

Frontenac, Minnesota

Both are in Florence Township and are listed as one location in the U.S. Census.

Frontenac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Florence Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River.

Goodhue County, Minnesota

Hamline University, Minnesota's first college of higher learning, was originally located in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Julia Bullard Nelson

Her heavy schedule convinced Nelson to recruit twenty-one-year-old Jeremiah Patterson, a freed slave and former student, to run her Belvidere farm south of Red Wing.

Lloyd Hustvedt

Lloyd Hustvedt was born and raised in the Sogn Valley in Goodhue County, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Highway 246

Minnesota State Highway 246 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 3 in the city of Northfield and continues south and east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 56 in Holden Township near Kenyon.

Minnesota State Highway 316

Minnesota State Highway 316 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Welch Township, near Miesville; and continues north to its second intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in the city of Hastings.

S. B. Foot Tanning Company

The original business was built along the shores of Trout Brook in Featherstone Township, just outside Red Wing, MN.

Swan Turnblad

The family settled in Vasa Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, where there was already a sizable community of Swedish immigrants.

White Rock, Minnesota

White Rock is an unincorporated community straddling the border of Belle Creek and Vasa townships of Goodhue County, Minnesota, in the United States.