Riceford, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
43°34′34″N 91°43′37″W / 43.57611°N 91.72694°W / 43.57611; -91.72694CountryUnited StatesStateMinnesotaCountyHoustonElevation
1,014 ft (309 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code507GNIS feature ID650057[1]

Riceford is an unincorporated community in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

History

A post office was established at Riceford in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[2] The community was named for Henry Mower Rice, a Minnesota Territory politician who forded Riceford Creek at this place in the 1850s.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford, Minnesota
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 239.
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