Leaf River, Minnesota

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Coordinates: 46°29′19″N 95°04′54″W / 46.48861°N 95.08167°W / 46.48861; -95.08167
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The Leaf River Town Hall in 2019

Leaf River, or Leafriver, is a

Leaf River Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States
.Today the town has a population around 50. There is a restaurant, a golf course, an old school house and a residential community.

History

The village of Leaf River had a post office from 1880 until 1882, and again from 1902 until 1908.[1] It was served by a station of the Great Northern Railway.[2]

Etymology

The village received its name from the

Ojibwa Gaaskibag-wajiwan.[3] This name was translated by Gilfillan
as "Rustling Leaf Mountains."

Notes

  1. ^ "Wadena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  2. ISBN 0-87351-396-7
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  3. ISBN 0-87351-396-7
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46°29′19″N 95°04′54″W / 46.48861°N 95.08167°W / 46.48861; -95.08167


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