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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.88 square miles (2.28 km 2), all of it land. [9] Gibbon is located along Minnesota State Highway 19 at its junction with Sibley County Road 2.
Moltke Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 337 at the 2000 census. ... the township has a total area of 39.0 square ...
Gibbon Village Hall is a former municipal hall in Gibbon, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1895 with medieval-themed Romanesque Revival architecture . [ 3 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the theme of architecture. [ 2 ]
Debbie Gibson still holds the record as the youngest female artist to write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single, a feat she accomplished at age 17 with “Foolish Beat.”
Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States. The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America, Bongards, Cologne, and Belle Plaine. The community is home to the Assumption State Wildlife Management Area.
The town of Gibbon in south central Minnesota is named after him, as are Gibbonsville, Idaho; Gibbon, Oregon; Gibbon, Nebraska; [16] and Gibbon, Washington. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The Gibbon River [ 19 ] and Falls in Yellowstone National Park also bear his name after his 1872 expedition there.
The community was platted in 1856, [5] and the name was officially approved on May 11, 1858, the same date that Minnesota became a state. German settlers came to the area to homestead beginning in the 1860s and 1870s. The population of Arlington continues to be of predominately German descent. In 1948, the community was incorporated as a city. [6]
The turn of the century brought new exhibits to the Hemker Wildlife Park such as the African Safari. In 2006, beloved owner Mark Hemker died, but his family made the decision to keep the zoo open in his memory. In 2008, Hemker Wildlife Park became the Hemker Park & Zoo and added a new picnic area and farm petting zoo.