Rollingstone, Minnesota
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Location in Minnesota
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Winona County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 6 ′ N , 91 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 664 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 553.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of which 1.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 231 m | ||
| Postal code : | 55696 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-55276 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2396421 | ||
Rollingstone is a small town in Winona County , Minnesota , USA . According to the United States Census Bureau , the place had a population of 664 in 2010.
Surname
The city lies on a plateau on the Rollingstone River, which gave the city its name. The name of the river is Eyan-omen-man-met-pah in the Dakota language and means: a river in which stones roll .
history
A group of settlers from New England began the construction of the village in 1853, which failed due to poor planning and illness of the settlers. Most of them then left the place in 1854.
In the years from 1841 to 1891 , more than 72,000 Luxembourgers immigrated to America. It was the poorest of the poor who left Luxembourg. In 1856 some of them came from God Bring and Heffingen to Rollingstone and built sawmills there. At the time of this emigration, Rollingstone became one of the largest places for emigrated Luxembourgers. Shops and a wooden Roman Catholic church have sprung up along the main street of the village. A post office was established in 1860. In 1869 a stone church was built. In 1868 the Chicago Great Western Railroad joined the railroad . In 1920 the Holy Trinity Catholic School was founded, which is now the Rollingstone Elementary School . Rollingstone's town hall housed a prison, courtroom, fire station and, at times, a shop, which in 1987 was rededicated as the Rollingstone Luxembourg Heritage Museum . Even today, some of the city's citizens speak their native language and celebrations originating from Luxembourg are held.
Individual evidence
- ↑ lakesnwoods.com : Rollingstone Minnesota Community Guide , accessed October 31, 2012
- ↑ rschooltoday.com ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The Luxembourgers at Rollingstone , in English, accessed October 31, 2012
- ↑ luxamculturalsociety.org ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Rollingstone Luxembourg Heritage Museum , in English, accessed October 31, 2012
