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The county's highest point is near its southeastern corner, section 23 of Rheiderland Township, at 1,142 ft (348 m) [9] The county has a total area of 588 square miles (1,520 km 2), of which 581 square miles (1,500 km 2) is land and 6.7 square miles (17 km 2) (1.1%) is water.
Montevideo (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ v ɪ d i oʊ / MON-tə-VID-ee-oh) [6] is a city and the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,398 at the 2020 census. [3] The area around Montevideo was populated by Native Americans and fur traders during the first half of the 19th Century.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Depot is a former Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (the Milwaukee Road) depot in Montevideo, Minnesota, United States. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station was built in 1901 and is the only remaining building in Montevideo that was built by the railroad.
The Swensson Farm Museum is a historic farmstead located in Chippewa County, Minnesota, six miles (10 km) east of Montevideo.Established by Norwegian immigrants Olof and Ingeborg Swensson in the 1880s, the farmstead today serves as open-air museum operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society showcasing pioneer life and Swedish-American heritage.
Minnesota electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Minnesota, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Minnesota had a total summer capacity of 18,460 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 58,966 GWh. [2]
Minnesota State Highway 29 (MN 29) is a 126.592-mile-long (203.730 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its terminus at U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.
Minnesota State Highway 7, or Trunk Highway 7, (MN 7, TH 7) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 near Beardsley and continues east to its terminus with MN 100 and County Road 25 (CR 25) in St. Louis Park. The highway runs east–west for approximately 194.2 miles (312.5 km) through mostly rural farmland ...
The township was originally to be called Chippewa Township but later was renamed as that name was already taken for a township in Douglas County. The township was first settled along the timber districts along the Minnesota River. Later immigration filled in the prairies with farmsteads, with the first house being built on the prairie in 1869. [4]