Groningen, Minnesota

Groningen, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Groningen, Minnesota Groningen, Minnesota Location of the community of Groningen within Dell Grove Township, Pine County
Coordinates: 46°09′03″N 92°55′27″W / 46.15083°N 92.92417°WCoordinates: 46°09′03″N 92°55′27″W / 46.15083°N 92.92417°W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Pine
Township	Dell Grove Township
Elevation	1,129 ft (344 m)
Population
• Total	30
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	55072
Area code(s)	320
GNIS feature ID	644490[1]

Groningen is an unincorporated community in Dell Grove Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located immediately northwest of Sandstone; near the intersection of Pine County 35, Pine County 28 (Groningen Road), and the former Northern Pacific Railway (now the Willard Munger State Trail).

History

Located in the northeast corner of Dell Grove Township, Groningen is named after a northeast province of the Netherlands.^[2] The community was originally known as Miller Station. When it had a post office, it was known as Belknap from 1877 to 1881, and then Groningen, from 1896 to 1913, and again from 1917 to 1954.

References

1. "Groningen, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 412.

• Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition