Shell City, Minnesota

Shell City is a ghost town in section 2 of Shell River Township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.

History

The village of Shell City was established by William E. Kindred as the Kindred post office in 1879. The townsite was then sold to Francis M. Yoder and Sewall Chandler in 1881 and the name was changed to Shell City in 1882. The town failed to develop as hoped, and the post office was discontinued in 1901. ^[1]

Notes

^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. pp. pp. 608. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

Municipalities and communities of Wadena County, Minnesota, USA

County seat: Wadena

Cities	Aldrich Menahga Nimrod Sebeka Staples‡ Verndale Wadena‡

Townships	Aldrich Blueberry Bullard Huntersville Leaf River Lyons Meadow North Germany Orton Red Eye Rockwood Shell River Thomastown Wadena Wing River

Unincorporated communities	Bluegrass Huntersville

Ghost towns	Leaf River Shell City

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties