Pickwick, Minnesota
| Pickwick, Minnesota | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Pickwick, Minnesota  Pickwick, Minnesota Location of the community of Pickwick | |
| Coordinates: 43°58′54″N 91°29′41″W / 43.98167°N 91.49472°WCoordinates: 43°58′54″N 91°29′41″W / 43.98167°N 91.49472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Winona County |
| Township | Homer Township |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 55987 |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 649388[1] |
Pickwick is an unincorporated community in Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.
Geography
The community is located along Winona County Road 7 near its junction with Little Trout Valley Road. Highways 61 and 14 (co-signed) are nearby. Big Trout Creek and Little Trout Creek meet near Pickwick. Nearby places include Winona, Homer, Lamoille, Donehower, and Dakota.
History
Pickwick was platted in 1857, and named after The Pickwick Papers, a novel by Charles Dickens.[2] Pickwick had a post office from 1862 to 1913.[3]
References
- ↑ "Pickwick, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 583.
- ↑ "Winona County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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