Croftville
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Location in Minnesota
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Cook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 90 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 191 m | ||
| Postal code : | 55604 | ||
| Area code : | +1 218 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-13744 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 655875 | ||
Croftville is a settlement on community-free area ( " Unincorporated Community ") in Cook County in the northeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota .
geography
Croftville is on the north shore of Lake Superior , the westernmost and highest of the Great Lakes . The place is 47 ° 45'54 "north latitude and 90 ° 16'32" west longitude. Croftville is located within West Cook , a non-organized area (" Unorganized Territory ") in the west of Cook County.
Neighboring towns of Croftville are Grand Marais (4.8 km southwest) and Hovland (25.1 km northeast).
The closest major cities are Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (123 km northeast) and Duluth (182 km southwest). Minneapolis , the largest city of Minnesota, is 429 km southwest.
The mouth of the Pigeon River , which forms the border with Canada, is 61.1 km northeast.
traffic
The main street of Croftville is formed by Minnesota State Route 61, which runs along the north shore of Lake Superior . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting routes.
The nearest airports are Thunder Bay International Airport, 119 km northeast, and Duluth International Airport , 188 km southwest ; the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is located 437 km south-west.
history
Croftville emerged northeast of Grand Marais at the beginning of the 20th century. The settlement goes back to the fishermen Peter Olsen and the eponymous brothers Charles and Joe Croft, who came to the area in 1894.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 17, 2013
- ↑ Minnesota Historical Society - Minnesota Place Names ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 17, 2013
