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In 1870, Trout Lake Township, or 55 N Range 24 W of the 4th PM (principal meridian), was surveyed as part of the Public Land Survey System.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (89.8 km 2), of which 30.5 square miles (79.1 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km 2), or 11.91%, is water.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [ 1 ] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [ 2 ]
Big Lake's geographical location is in a corridor placing it 30 minutes from St. Cloud and 35 minutes from Minneapolis.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.8 square miles (113 km 2), of which 42.3 square miles (110 km 2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2) (3.45%) is water.
Finlayson Township, organized October 22, 1895, and the city in Finlayson and Pine Lake Townships were named in honor of David Finlayson, the former proprietor of a sawmill in this village. The city was incorporated as a village on August 24, 1905; it had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a sawmill, a pickle factory, and two potato ...
Pine Lake Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 656 at the 2000 census. The population was 656 at the 2000 census. Pine Lake Township was organized in 1883, and named for Pine Lake .
State Highway 25 was authorized November 2, 1920 from Belle Plaine to Big Lake. [1]The roadway was fully graveled by 1928. [3] It was paved in stages from north to south throughout the 1930s: from Big Lake to Buffalo in 1931, [4] Buffalo to Montrose in 1932, [5] Montrose to Watertown in 1933, [6] [7] and Watertown to Norwood in 1934.
Big Lake was originally called Humboldt until 1867. [6] Big Lake was originally established to harvest ice in both of its towns' lakes (Big and Mitchell Lakes). Due to the rich amount of ice Big Lake provided, it needed to be transported quickly, enabling Big Lake to be suitable for a railway station which was built in 1871. [11]
A post office was established in the area in 1870 and the village created was named Spier. It was not until 1873 the name changed to Eagle Lake. [6] The townsite was platted in 1872. [7] It was named after nearby Eagle Lake. [8] A post office has been in operation in Eagle Lake since 1873. [9]