Pokegama, Minnesota

Pokegama, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Pokegama, Minnesota

Location of the community of Pokegama
within Pokegama Township, Pine County

Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 93°02′54″W / 45.82167°N 93.04833°WCoordinates: 45°49′18″N 93°02′54″W / 45.82167°N 93.04833°W
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Pine
Township Pokegama Township
Elevation 932 ft (284 m)
Population
  Total 70
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 55030 and 55063
Area code(s) 320
GNIS feature ID 649613[1]

Pokegama is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.[2]

History

Originally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.[3]

As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).[4]

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